Spares
The crossword clue "Spares" is answered by TIRES, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2006; first recorded in 1966. 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
TIRES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TIRES answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2006; first recorded in 1966. 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.
- DUPLICATESKEPTINRESERVE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for TIRES
Every other clue in this collection answered by TIRES, most used first.
- Grows weary - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Car quartet - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Flags - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Goodyear products - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Runs out of steam - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Wearies - used 13 times, most recently in 2008
- Michelin products - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Loses steam - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Radials - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Runs out of gas - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Exhausts - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Wears out - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Becomes weary - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Gets weary - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Bicycle wheels - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Bores - used 6 times, most recently in 2003
- Radials, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Sonata quartet - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Tuckers out - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
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.
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- Spud - TATER, used 314 times
- Lukewarm - TEPID, used 252 times
- Doctrine - TENET, used 234 times
- Rich cake - TORTE, used 234 times
- Characteristic - TRAIT, used 226 times
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