Stiff bristle

The answer

SETA

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SETA answer page.

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1981. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SETA

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

• Bristle - used 161 times, most recently in 2012
• ___ good example - used 133 times, most recently in 2025
• ___ precedent - used 102 times, most recently in 2026
• Stiff hair - used 30 times, most recently in 2021
• ___ trap - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
• ___ record - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
• Biological bristle - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• Silk, in Italy. - used 10 times, most recently in 1968
• Caterpillar hair - used 9 times, most recently in 2005
• Words with "precedent" or "good example" - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• Botanical bristle - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• ___ new world's record - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• ___ poor example - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Silk: Italian. - used 7 times, most recently in 1956
• Lead-in to "date" or "trap" - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• ___ new world record - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Words before "goal" or "course" - used 6 times, most recently in 2014

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.

• Stiff and sore - ACHY, used 20 times
• Working stiff - PEON, used 20 times
• Bristle: Prefix - SETI, used 18 times
• Stiff drink - BELT, used 15 times
• Stiff collar - ETON, used 10 times
• Bristle: Comb. form. - SETI, used 9 times

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