Closes up

The answer

SEALS

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SEALS answer page.

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2001. 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.

• FOLDS (1 uses in xd)
• SHUTS (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for SEALS

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

• Elite Navy group - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Closes tightly - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Makes airtight - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Makes watertight - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Navy elite - used 12 times, most recently in 2012
• Christmas ___. - used 9 times, most recently in 2003
• Shuts tightly - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Circus performers - used 8 times, most recently in 2005
• Marine mammals - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Naval commandos - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Aquatic mammals - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Aquatic barkers - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Shuts up - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Closes - SHUTS, used 94 times
• Closes in on - NEARS, used 71 times
• Closes, as a door - SHUTS, used 16 times
• Closes with a bang - SLAMS, used 16 times
• Closes loudly - SLAMS, used 9 times
• Closes down - SHUTS, used 6 times

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