Narrow apertures
The crossword clue "Narrow apertures" is answered by SLITS, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SLITS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SLITS answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for SLITS
Every other clue in this collection answered by SLITS, most used first.
- Narrow cuts - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
- Narrow openings - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
- Thin cuts - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Openings. - used 9 times, most recently in 1968
- Skirt features - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Gill openings - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Long cuts - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
- Buttonholes, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Narrow incisions - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Thin openings - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Uses a letter opener - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
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.
- Narrow groove - STRIA, used 54 times
- Narrow shelf - LEDGE, used 39 times
- Narrow valleys - GLENS, used 35 times
- Narrow furrow - STRIA, used 31 times
- Narrow waterway - INLET, used 27 times
- Narrow boat - CANOE, used 24 times
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