Sticking point
The crossword clue "Sticking point" is answered by TINE, a 4-letter entry. Used 28 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
TINE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TINE answer page.
Used 28 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 14 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.
- THORN (6 uses in xd)
Other clues for TINE
Every other clue in this collection answered by TINE, most used first.
- Prong - used 173 times, most recently in 2026
- Fork prong - used 126 times, most recently in 2026
- Fork part - used 123 times, most recently in 2025
- Fork feature - used 72 times, most recently in 2026
- Pitchfork part - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- Pitchfork prong - used 32 times, most recently in 2023
- Food sticker - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Trident feature - used 24 times, most recently in 2017
- Fork point - used 21 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.
- High point - ACME, used 277 times
- Highest point - ACME, used 145 times
- At any point - EVER, used 139 times
- High point - APEX, used 123 times
- Highest point - APEX, used 90 times
- Main point - GIST, used 78 times
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