Petty arguments
The crossword clue "Petty arguments" is answered by SPATS, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. 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
SPATS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SPATS answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. 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 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
- Young oysters. - used 9 times, most recently in 1999
- Fancy footwear - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Old footwear - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- 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.
- Petty - SMALL, used 23 times
- Petty officer - BOSUN, used 18 times
- Petty quarrels - TIFFS, used 17 times
- Petty malice - SPITE, used 13 times
- Petty ill will - SPITE, used 12 times
- Petty quarrel - SETTO, used 11 times
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