Tough tissue
The crossword clue "Tough tissue" is answered by SINEW, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SINEW
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SINEW answer page.
Used 12 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for SINEW
Every other clue in this collection answered by SINEW, most used first.
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- Muscle - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
- Muscle-bone connector - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Muscle power - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
- Resilient strength - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Brawn - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Connective tissue - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Muscle connector - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Muscle-to-bone connector - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Bone-muscle connector - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Toughness - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Tough fibrous tissue - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Source of strength - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Resilience - 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.
- Tough puzzle - POSER, used 30 times
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- Tough tests - ORALS, used 19 times
- In a tough spot - TREED, used 17 times
- Tough nut to crack - POSER, used 16 times
- Tough to climb - STEEP, used 16 times
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