Behavioral quirks
The crossword clue "Behavioral quirks" is answered by TICS, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TICS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TICS answer page.
Used 7 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 3 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.
- MANNERISMS (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for TICS
Every other clue in this collection answered by TICS, most used first.
- Twitches - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Nervous twitches - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Personal quirks - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Idiosyncrasies - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Quirks - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Muscle spasms - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Spasms - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- Facial twitches - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
- Nervous spasms - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Muscle twitches - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Quirky habits - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Involuntary movements - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Little jerks - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
- Tourette's symptoms - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Involuntary contractions - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
- Involuntary twitches - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Nervous contractions - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
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