Touch lightly
The crossword clue "Touch lightly" is answered by TAP, a 3-letter entry. Used 35 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1964. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
TAP
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TAP answer page.
Used 35 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1964. It appears in 11 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.
- DABAT (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for TAP
Every other clue in this collection answered by TAP, most used first.
- Spigot - used 229 times, most recently in 2026
- Faucet - used 140 times, most recently in 2026
- Keg need - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Water source - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Phone bug - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Light touch - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Touch on the shoulder - used 34 times, most recently in 2023
- Select - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- Keg attachment - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Kind of dance - used 23 times, most recently in 2005
- Water faucet - used 22 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.
- Light touch - PAT, used 68 times
- Touch lightly - PAT, used 57 times
- Gentle touch - PAT, used 50 times
- Apply lightly - DAB, used 30 times
- Slight touch - DAB, used 28 times
- Touch gently - PAT, used 24 times
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