Beachgoer's need

The answer

TOWEL

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TOWEL answer page.

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

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• SUNBLOCK (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for TOWEL

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

• Beach accessory - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Locker room need - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Absorbent cloth - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Dry (off) - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Symbol of surrender - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Throw in the ___ - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Beach bag item - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Drying cloth - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Spa handout - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Drying need - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Low-tech hair dryer - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Throw in the ___ (give up) - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Copier need - TONER, used 57 times
• Origami need - PAPER, used 46 times
• Printer need - TONER, used 41 times
• Baker's need - YEAST, used 36 times
• Ham's need - RADIO, used 30 times
• Accused's need - ALIBI, used 26 times

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