Close-fitting jacket
The crossword clue "Close-fitting jacket" is answered by REEFER, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1978. 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
REEFER
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the REEFER answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1978. It appears in 4 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.
- DOUBLET (1 uses in xd)
- JERKIN (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for REEFER
Every other clue in this collection answered by REEFER, most used first.
- Short jacket - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
- Joint - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Short coat - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Pot, in the past - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Sailor's jacket - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
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.
- Close by - NEARTO, used 48 times
- Jacket part - SLEEVE, used 39 times
- Arctic jacket - ANORAK, used 35 times
- Most fitting - APTEST, used 28 times
- Hooded jacket - ANORAK, used 27 times
- Close by - ATHAND, used 25 times
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