Tie up
The crossword clue "Tie up" is answered by TRUSS, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TRUSS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TRUSS answer page.
Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for TRUSS
Every other clue in this collection answered by TRUSS, most used first.
- Bridge support - used 43 times, most recently in 2025
- Roof support - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Bind tightly - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- Bridge framework - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Supporting beam - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Bind - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Bind, as a chicken for roasting - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
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.
- Fancy tie - ASCOT, used 72 times
- Tie the knot - MARRY, used 35 times
- Traffic tie-up - SNARL, used 35 times
- Wide tie - ASCOT, used 34 times
- Broad tie - ASCOT, used 23 times
- Tie - ASCOT, used 20 times
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