Hangs around
The crossword clue "Hangs around" is answered by STAYS, a 5-letter entry. Used 32 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
STAYS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STAYS answer page.
Used 32 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 12 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.
- LOITERS (16 uses in xd)
- LINGERS (5 uses in xd)
- TARRIES (4 uses in xd)
- WAITS (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for STAYS
Every other clue in this collection answered by STAYS, most used first.
- Remains - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
- Sticks around - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Doesn't leave - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Collar inserts - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
- Doesn't go - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Get around - EVADE, used 91 times
- Around - CIRCA, used 59 times
- Snooped (around) - NOSED, used 44 times
- "Thereby hangs ___" - ATALE, used 44 times
- From around here - LOCAL, used 35 times
- Hang around for - AWAIT, used 35 times
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