Handles clumsily
The crossword clue "Handles clumsily" is answered by PAWS, a 4-letter entry. Used 19 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PAWS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PAWS answer page.
Used 19 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 8 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.
- PAWSAT (4 uses in xd)
Other clues for PAWS
Every other clue in this collection answered by PAWS, most used first.
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- Feline feet - used 20 times, most recently in 2022
- Hound's hands - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
- Dog's "dogs" - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Cat's dogs - used 13 times, most recently in 2014
- Bear feet - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Handles roughly - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
- Cat's feet - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Feet in a pound - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Manhandles - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Bear hands - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Fido's feet - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Rabbit's feet - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Boxer's feet - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Cat feet - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Mitts - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- Jug handles - EARS, used 56 times
- Love handles, essentially - FLAB, used 16 times
- Bag with handles - TOTE, used 12 times
- Handles - USES, used 10 times
- Love handles - FLAB, used 7 times
- Pitcher handles - EARS, used 6 times
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