Touches lightly
The crossword clue "Touches lightly" is answered by TAPS, a 4-letter entry. Used 9 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2017. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TAPS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TAPS answer page.
Used 9 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2017. It appears in 2 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.
- DABSAT (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for TAPS
Every other clue in this collection answered by TAPS, most used first.
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- A little night music - used 28 times, most recently in 2020
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- Touches on the shoulder - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- Lights-out signal - used 19 times, most recently in 2020
- Bugler's evening call - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Last call? - used 12 times, most recently in 2012
- Evening bugle call - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- "Lights out" music - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Night music - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
- Brewpub array - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Bugle tune - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Dances like Gregory Hines - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Lights out. - used 7 times, most recently in 1967
- Pub hardware - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Selects, so to speak - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Base melody - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
- "Lights out" bugle tune - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Memorial Day solo - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Soldier's lullaby - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
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 touches - PATS, used 49 times
- Applies lightly - DABS, used 30 times
- Gentle touches - PATS, used 25 times
- Throw lightly - TOSS, used 25 times
- Sleep lightly - DOZE, used 17 times
- Touches lightly - PATS, used 17 times
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