One way to stand
The crossword clue "One way to stand" is answered by PAT, a 3-letter entry. Used 64 times across 31 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1973. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
PAT
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PAT answer page.
Used 64 times across 31 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1973. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- UNITED (11 uses in xd)
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
- Light touch - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
- 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.
- By way of - VIA, used 728 times
- One ___ time - ATA, used 188 times
- One or more - ANY, used 176 times
- Eastern "way" - TAO, used 173 times
- Little one - TOT, used 169 times
- "Way cool!" - RAD, used 107 times
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