Wear and tear
The crossword clue "Wear and tear" is answered by USE, a 3-letter entry. Used 61 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 22 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
USE
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the USE answer page.
Used 61 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 22 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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Other clues for USE
Every other clue in this collection answered by USE, most used first.
- Employ - used 414 times, most recently in 2026
- Take advantage of - used 339 times, most recently in 2026
- Put to work - used 148 times, most recently in 2026
- Work with - used 117 times, most recently in 2026
- Application - used 104 times, most recently in 2026
- Manipulate - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
- "___ it or lose it" - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
- "___ as directed" - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
- Put into service - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
- Bring into play - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
- Press into service - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
- Play for a sap - used 47 times, most recently in 2022
- Avail oneself of - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Draw upon - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- To and ___ - FRO, used 341 times
- And so on: Abbr. - ETC, used 238 times
- ___ and outs - INS, used 193 times
- Put two and two together - ADD, used 138 times
- Half and half - ONE, used 131 times
- Your and my - OUR, used 112 times
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