Old footwear

The answer

SPATS

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SPATS answer page.

Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2005. 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.

• GAITERS (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for SPATS

Every other clue in this collection answered by SPATS, most used first.

• Tiffs - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• Petty quarrels - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• Gaiters - used 27 times, most recently in 2019
• Minor quarrels - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
• Quarrels - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Squabbles - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Minor arguments - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Arguments - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• Petty arguments - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Young oysters. - used 9 times, most recently in 1999
• Fancy footwear - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Roaring Twenties footwear - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

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.

• Old anesthetic - ETHER, used 156 times
• Old-womanish - ANILE, used 155 times
• Old saying - ADAGE, used 127 times
• Old hat - PASSE, used 100 times
• Old enough - OFAGE, used 97 times
• "Old MacDonald" refrain - EIEIO, used 97 times

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