Use the flat part of the shovel
The crossword clue "Use the flat part of the shovel" is answered by TAMP, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
TAMP
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TAMP answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for TAMP
Every other clue in this collection answered by TAMP, most used first.
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- Press (down) - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Pat down - used 19 times, most recently in 2022
- Pound down. - used 19 times, most recently in 2017
- Force down - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Push (down) - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Pack down firmly - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Pack down lightly - used 12 times, most recently in 2017
- Pack down tightly - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Pack firmly - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Pack down, as tobacco - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
- Drive down - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
- Pack tightly - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
- Compact - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
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.
- Part of Q.E.D. - ERAT, used 477 times
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- In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
- On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
- From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
- Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
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