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PADS

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PADS answer page.

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

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• STAFFLINES (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for PADS

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

• Cushions - used 73 times, most recently in 2026
• Writing tablets - used 35 times, most recently in 2023
• Knee protectors - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Tablets - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Launch sites - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Paw parts - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Brake parts - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Football gear - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Goalie's protection - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
• Goalie's gear - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Hippie homes - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Hippies' homes - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
• Hippies' quarters - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Paper tablets - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Stationery buys - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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• Look for - SEEK, used 172 times

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