Bites like a puppy

The answer

NIPS

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Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for NIPS

Every other clue in this collection answered by NIPS, most used first.

• Pinches - used 36 times, most recently in 2021
• Puppy bites - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Playful bites - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Small bites - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Bites - used 16 times, most recently in 2020
• Little bites - used 15 times, most recently in 2020
• Barely beats - used 14 times, most recently in 2018
• Small drinks - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
• Tiny bites - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Beats by a nose - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
• Short snorts - used 10 times, most recently in 2012
• Wee bites - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Just beats - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Bites playfully - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Barely defeats - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Bites lightly - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• ___ in the bud - used 6 times, most recently in 2011

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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• Fly like an eagle - SOAR, used 141 times
• Like some vaccines - ORAL, used 103 times
• Like fine wine - AGED, used 99 times
• Sleep like ___ - ALOG, used 96 times
• Move like molasses - OOZE, used 83 times

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