Finalize, with "up"

The answer

SEW

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

Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1969. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Do some tailoring - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Attach a patch - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Wrap (up) - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Clinch, with "up" - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Darn things - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Do needlework - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Do some quilting - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Follow a pattern? - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Make a seam - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Make clothes - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
• Attach a button, say - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Darn, e.g. - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Follow a pattern, perhaps - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Attach a patch, say - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Do tailoring - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Hem, but not haw - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Emulate Betsy Ross - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Give a darn? - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Work with thread - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Darn it - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Do some darning - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Do some embroidery - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Do some needlework - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Embroider - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
• Make stitches - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• One way to follow a pattern - used 9 times, most recently in 2007
• Suture - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Be in a bee - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Create seams - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Embroider, e.g. - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Make darts, say - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Patch up - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Ply a needle - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Use the Singer - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
• Wield a needle - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Work with a needle - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Work with a Singer - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Do some zigzags, perhaps - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Emulate Dorcas - used 7 times, most recently in 1993
• Finish (up) - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• ___ up (clinch) - used 7 times, most recently in 2002
• Work on seams - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Attach, as a patch - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Do patchwork - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Follow a pattern, maybe - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Hem, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Make a quilt - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Make zigzags, maybe - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Monopolize, with "up" - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Patch, perhaps - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Work on a seam - 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.

• With it - HIP, used 149 times
• Prefix with center - EPI, used 134 times
• Work with - USE, used 117 times
• Prefix with natal - NEO, used 100 times
• Go out with - SEE, used 98 times
• Barely manage, with "out" - EKE, used 90 times

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