Do some wool gathering

The answer

SHEAR

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

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2018. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SHEAR

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

• Clip - used 45 times, most recently in 2022
• Cut - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Fleece - used 26 times, most recently in 2022
• Gather wool - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Clip wool from - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Cut off - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Shave, as sheep - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Clip, as wool - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
• Clip sheep - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Clip wool - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Take off a wool coat - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• Cut wool from - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Remove wool from - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Cut, as wool - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Harvest wool - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Wind danger - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• Clip off - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Wind phenomenon - used 6 times, most recently in 2011

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• Like some committees - ADHOC, used 68 times
• Caught some Z's - SLEPT, used 54 times
• Some messages - EMAIL, used 54 times
• Like some gases - INERT, used 48 times
• Some exams - ORALS, used 44 times

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