Handles
The crossword clue "Handles" is answered by NAMES, a 5-letter entry. Used 18 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NAMES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NAMES answer page.
Used 18 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for NAMES
Every other clue in this collection answered by NAMES, most used first.
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- Designates - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Monikers - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Phone-book listings - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Tom, Dick and Harry - used 10 times, most recently in 2011
- Christens - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Dubs - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Fingers - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Specifies - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Directory contents - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- New parents' choices - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Appellations - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Celebrities - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Noted persons. - used 7 times, most recently in 1967
- Specifies, as a person - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Sword handles - HILTS, used 45 times
- Handles roughly - MAULS, used 19 times
- Sword handles - HAFTS, used 17 times
- Door handles - KNOBS, used 15 times
- Tool handles - HAFTS, used 13 times
- Handles hardship - COPES, used 11 times
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