Pinch pennies
The crossword clue "Pinch pennies" is answered by STINT, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2008; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
STINT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STINT answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2008; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 4 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.
- STINGE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for STINT
Every other clue in this collection answered by STINT, most used first.
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- Time on the job - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Period of work - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Task - used 23 times, most recently in 2001
- Stretch - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Brief job - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Limit - used 11 times, most recently in 1999
- Hitch - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
- Be sparing - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Limitation. - used 8 times, most recently in 1990
- Time on a job - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Work period - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Assigned task. - used 7 times, most recently in 1996
- Chore - used 7 times, most recently in 1995
- Restrict. - used 7 times, most recently in 1999
- Service period - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Be miserly - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Period of time - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Spell - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Pennies - CENTS, used 55 times
- Pinch pennies - SKIMP, used 24 times
- Pinch - TWEAK, used 17 times
- Playful pinch - TWEAK, used 7 times
- Like new pennies - SHINY, used 6 times
- Pinch - STEAL, used 6 times
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