Close securely
The crossword clue "Close securely" is answered by SHUT, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SHUT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SHUT answer page.
Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 3 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.
- BUTTONUP (1 uses in xd)
- SEALOFF (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for SHUT
Every other clue in this collection answered by SHUT, most used first.
- Close - used 154 times, most recently in 2026
- Closed - used 88 times, most recently in 2026
- Boarded up - used 27 times, most recently in 2022
- Open-and-___ case - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Sealed - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- Close tightly - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
- Closed tight - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Not even ajar - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Out of business - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- "___ the front door!" - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Not ajar - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Tightly closed - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Not open - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Fastened - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
- Fold up. - used 7 times, most recently in 1966
- Occlude - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
- Padlocked - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Closed tightly - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Eyelid position - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
- Seal - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
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 - NEAR, used 299 times
- Close - NEAR, used 263 times
- "That was close!" - PHEW, used 117 times
- Comes to a close - ENDS, used 97 times
- Close to - NEAR, used 89 times
- Close tightly - SEAL, used 82 times
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