Foot in the forest

The answer

PAW

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PAW answer page.

Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for PAW

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

• Furry foot - used 89 times, most recently in 2026
• Fido's foot - used 58 times, most recently in 2024
• Dog's foot - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• Pussy foot - used 48 times, most recently in 2025
• Handle clumsily - used 36 times, most recently in 2019
• Manhandle - used 34 times, most recently in 2018
• Cat's foot - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Rabbit's foot - used 24 times, most recently in 2021
• Feline foot - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Handle roughly - used 23 times, most recently in 2018
• Boxer's foot - used 21 times, most recently in 2023
• Dog's dog - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Ferret's foot - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Friendly dog's offering - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Print maker - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Dog's "hand" - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• What a dog uses to "shake" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Foot in a pound - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Fox foot - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• "Shake!" offering - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Handle rudely - used 8 times, most recently in 2005
• Kit mitt - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Puppy's foot - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• What a dog "shakes" with - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Cat's dog? - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Animal foot - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Bear foot - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Bear hand - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Bear's foot - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Fox's foot - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Hound hand - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Nail site - used 6 times, most recently in 2020

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.

• In the past - AGO, used 1,064 times
• In the style of - ALA, used 784 times
• Under the weather - ILL, used 536 times
• "___ the season ..." - TIS, used 398 times
• To the ___ degree - NTH, used 389 times
• In the manner of - ALA, used 367 times

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