Touch lightly
The crossword clue "Touch lightly" is answered by PAT, a 3-letter entry. Used 57 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1985. It appears in 12 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 57 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1985. It appears in 12 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.
- DABAT (2 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
- One way to stand - used 64 times, most recently in 2023
- Butter serving - 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 touch - TAP, used 40 times
- Touch lightly - TAP, used 35 times
- Touch on the shoulder - TAP, used 34 times
- Apply lightly - DAB, used 30 times
- Slight touch - DAB, used 28 times
- Touch of frost - NIP, used 22 times
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