Used a needle
The crossword clue "Used a needle" is answered by SEWED, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1997. 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
SEWED
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SEWED answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1997. 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.
- INJECTED (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for SEWED
Every other clue in this collection answered by SEWED, most used first.
- Stitched - used 55 times, most recently in 2025
- Put in stitches - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Did some tailoring - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Hemmed. - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Darned - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
- Used needle and thread - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Did some stitching - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Gave a darn? - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Made clothes - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Made clothing - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Hemmed but didn't haw - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Hemmed without hawing? - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- ___ up (in the bag) - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
- Worked with thread - 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.
- Used up - SPENT, used 84 times
- Needle - TEASE, used 57 times
- Used a keyboard - TYPED, used 57 times
- Used a broom - SWEPT, used 49 times
- Used a stopwatch - TIMED, used 33 times
- Get used (to) - INURE, used 30 times
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