Swerves
The crossword clue "Swerves" is answered by YAWS, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1968. 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
YAWS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the YAWS answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1968. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- SHEERS (5 uses in xd)
Other clues for YAWS
Every other clue in this collection answered by YAWS, most used first.
- Swerves at sea - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
- Deviates off course - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
- Swerves off course - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Goes off course - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Course deviations - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
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