Close-fitting dress
The crossword clue "Close-fitting dress" is answered by SHEATH, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1955. 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
SHEATH
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SHEATH answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SHEATH
Every other clue in this collection answered by SHEATH, most used first.
- Scabbard - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Sword holder - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Knife holder - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
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.
- Close by - NEARTO, used 48 times
- Dress - ATTIRE, used 37 times
- Most fitting - APTEST, used 28 times
- Close by - ATHAND, used 25 times
- Close - NEARBY, used 24 times
- Dress size - PETITE, used 23 times
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