Light touch
The crossword clue "Light touch" is answered by PAT, a 3-letter entry. Used 68 times across 22 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1968. It appears in 16 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
PAT
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PAT answer page.
Used 68 times across 22 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1968. It appears in 16 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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Other clues for PAT
Every other clue in this collection answered by PAT, most used first.
- Bit of butter - used 124 times, most recently in 2026
- One way to stand - used 64 times, most recently in 2023
- Butter serving - used 57 times, most recently in 2025
- Touch lightly - used 57 times, most recently in 2025
- Gentle touch - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Contrived - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Butter portion - used 39 times, most recently in 2025
- Butter square - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Butter unit - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Mrs. Nixon - used 34 times, most recently in 2023
- Butter bit - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Touch gently - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Opportune. - used 22 times, most recently in 2015
- Portion of butter - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Light brown - TAN, used 186 times
- Beam of light - RAY, used 94 times
- Light metal - TIN, used 76 times
- Day light - SUN, used 56 times
- Shaft of light - RAY, used 46 times
- Light touch - TAP, used 40 times
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