How-__: instruction books

The answer

TOS

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TOS answer page.

Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for TOS

Every other clue in this collection answered by TOS, most used first.

• Lean- -- (sheds) - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• How-___ - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• How-___ (instructional books) - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Lean-___ - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Talking-___ (scoldings) - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Talking-___ (reprimands) - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Lean-__ (shacks) - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Set-___ - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Talking- -- (lectures) - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• How-___ (DIY guides) - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• How-___ (instruction guides) - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Lean-___ (simple shelters) - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Set-__ (brawls) - used 6 times, most recently in 2020

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.

• "How was ___ know?" - ITO, used 164 times
• "How come?" - WHY, used 44 times
• "How about that!" - GEE, used 41 times
• "How cute!" - AWW, used 36 times
• "And how!" - DOI, used 32 times
• "How ___ you?" - ARE, used 27 times

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