Tender touches
The crossword clue "Tender touches" is answered by PATS, a 4-letter entry. Used 11 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PATS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PATS answer page.
Used 11 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 3 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 PATS
Every other clue in this collection answered by PATS, most used first.
- Light touches - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
- Butter portions - used 41 times, most recently in 2024
- Butter servings - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
- Gentle touches - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Bits of butter - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Butter squares - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Touches lightly - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Butter units - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Frisks, with "down" - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Taps gently - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Butter bits - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Butter slices - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Portions of butter - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Servings of butter - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Caresses - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Dog rewards - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Soft touches - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Touches gently - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Tender - SORE, used 80 times
- Tender cut of meat - LOIN, used 25 times
- Touches on the shoulder - TAPS, used 25 times
- Tender to the touch - SORE, used 19 times
- Tijuana tender - PESO, used 13 times
- Tender cut - LOIN, used 12 times
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