Alter, in a way
The crossword clue "Alter, in a way" is answered by SPAY, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2008. 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
SPAY
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SPAY answer page.
Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2008. It appears in 5 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.
- AIRBRUSH (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for SPAY
Every other clue in this collection answered by SPAY, most used first.
- Neuter - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
- Fix - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Fix, in a way - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Fix, as a pet - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Fix at the vet's office - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
- Do a vet's job - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Fix, in a sense - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Fix, as a cat - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Fix, as a feline - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Fix at the vet - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Fix, at the vet's - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
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