Closes tightly
The crossword clue "Closes tightly" is answered by SHUTS, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SHUTS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SHUTS answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for SHUTS
Every other clue in this collection answered by SHUTS, most used first.
- Closes - used 94 times, most recently in 2026
- Closes, as a door - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Closes down - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
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.
- Tightly packed - DENSE, used 115 times
- Closes in on - NEARS, used 71 times
- Hold tightly - GRASP, used 20 times
- Hold tightly - CLASP, used 20 times
- Closes tightly - SEALS, used 17 times
- Closes with a bang - SLAMS, used 16 times
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