Acupuncture item
The crossword clue "Acupuncture item" is answered by NEEDLE, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NEEDLE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NEEDLE answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for NEEDLE
Every other clue in this collection answered by NEEDLE, most used first.
- Tease - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Compass part - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Obelisk. - used 20 times, most recently in 1995
- Razz - used 17 times, most recently in 2017
- Heckle - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Pine leaf - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Rib - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Speedometer part - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Cleopatra's ___. - used 7 times, most recently in 2000
- Goad - used 7 times, most recently in 2003
- Haystack find - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- ______ and thread - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Compass pointer - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Haystack hider - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Hider in a haystack - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Phonograph part - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Poke fun at - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Provoke - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Sewing implement - 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.
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- First-aid item - IODINE, used 15 times
- Per item - APIECE, used 14 times
- Brewing item - TEABAG, used 13 times
- Closet item - HANGER, used 12 times
- Desk item - ERASER, used 12 times
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