Fasten firmly
The crossword clue "Fasten firmly" is answered by RIVET, a 5-letter entry. Used 18 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1945. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
RIVET
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RIVET answer page.
Used 18 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1945. It appears in 6 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.
- BOLTDOWN (1 uses in xd)
- INFIX (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for RIVET
Every other clue in this collection answered by RIVET, most used first.
- Metal fastener - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
- Metal bolt - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
- Transfix - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Girder fastener - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Fastener for Rosie - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
- Fix firmly - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Engross - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Rosie's fastener - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
- Beam fastener - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Metal pin - used 8 times, most recently in 1997
- Construction beam fastener - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Fastener - used 7 times, most recently in 2000
- Fuselage fastener - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
- Jeans reinforcer - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Rosie's bolt - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
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.
- Plant firmly - EMBED, used 58 times
- Fix firmly - EMBED, used 23 times
- Fasten again - RETIE, used 16 times
- Fasten - AFFIX, used 14 times
- States firmly - AVERS, used 14 times
- Fix firmly - IMBED, used 12 times
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