Changes gears
The crossword clue "Changes gears" is answered by SHIFTS, a 6-letter entry. Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SHIFTS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SHIFTS answer page.
Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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.
- Changes - ALTERS, used 65 times
- Changes for the better - AMENDS, used 19 times
- Changes with the times - ADAPTS, used 17 times
- Make changes to - REVISE, used 17 times
- Makes changes to - ALTERS, used 17 times
- If nothing changes - ASITIS, used 14 times
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