Switchblades
The crossword clue "Switchblades" is answered by SHIVS, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1976. 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
SHIVS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SHIVS answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1976. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SHIVS
Every other clue in this collection answered by SHIVS, most used first.
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