Do some tailoring

The answer

SEW

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SEW answer page.

Used 22 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 11 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.

• ALTER (17 uses in xd)
• HEM (5 uses in xd)
• REFIT (5 uses in xd)
• RESEAM (2 uses in xd)
• TAPER (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for SEW

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

• Stitch - used 231 times, most recently in 2026
• Put in stitches - used 137 times, most recently in 2026
• Stitch up - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• Darn - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• Use needle and thread - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Work with needle and thread - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Use a Singer - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Baste - used 32 times, most recently in 2015
• Use a needle and thread - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Use a needle - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Stitch together - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Do some stitching - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Attach a patch - used 21 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Some - ANY, used 123 times
• Some MIT grads - EES, used 93 times
• Catch some z's - NAP, used 77 times
• Like some humor - WRY, used 60 times
• Catch some rays - TAN, used 57 times
• Some coll. degrees - BAS, used 53 times

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