Loosen, as a shoe
The crossword clue "Loosen, as a shoe" is answered by UNTIE, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus.
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UNTIE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the UNTIE answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for UNTIE
Every other clue in this collection answered by UNTIE, most used first.
- Loosen - used 114 times, most recently in 2026
- Loosen, as laces - used 108 times, most recently in 2026
- Set free - used 44 times, most recently in 2025
- Free - used 39 times, most recently in 2021
- Loosen, as a knot - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Disentangle - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Let loose - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Loosen, as shoelaces - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Loosen, in a way - used 17 times, most recently in 2020
- Release - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
- Free, in a way - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Loosen laces - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Set loose - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
- Loosen a knot - used 12 times, most recently in 2017
- Remove, as a knot - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
- Free from bondage - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Release, in a way - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Loose - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
- Release from ropes - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Loosen, as a shoelace - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Loosen, like laces - 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.
- Wooden shoe - SABOT, used 120 times
- Shoe bottoms - SOLES, used 69 times
- Shoe parts - SOLES, used 69 times
- Shoe material - SUEDE, used 44 times
- Shoe part - UPPER, used 22 times
- "___ shoe fits ..." - IFTHE, used 17 times
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