Uses a lever
The crossword clue "Uses a lever" is answered by PRIES, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1989. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PRIES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PRIES answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1989. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for PRIES
Every other clue in this collection answered by PRIES, most used first.
- Uses a crowbar - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Snoops - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- Gets nosy - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Jimmies - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Asks too many questions - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Is nosy - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Sticks one's nose in - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Uses a jimmy - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Uses a keyboard - TYPES, used 39 times
- Uses a swizzle stick - STIRS, used 35 times
- Foot lever - PEDAL, used 16 times
- Uses a sieve - SIFTS, used 16 times
- Uses a stopwatch - TIMES, used 15 times
- Foot-operated lever - PEDAL, used 11 times
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