Fasten, in a way

The answer

ZIP

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ZIP answer page.

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2019. 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.

• GLUE (2 uses in xd)
• NAIL (2 uses in xd)
• SEW (2 uses in xd)
• STAPLE (2 uses in xd)
• BUTTONUP (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ZIP

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

• Nada - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
• Energy - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
• Kind of code - used 22 times, most recently in 2009
• Goose egg - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Get-up-and-go - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Nothing - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Pizzazz - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Zilch - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Nothing at all - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Pizazz - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Move quickly - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Postal code - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Type of code - 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.

• By way of - VIA, used 728 times
• Eastern "way" - TAO, used 173 times
• "Way cool!" - RAD, used 107 times
• Chinese "way" - TAO, used 94 times
• "In what way?" - HOW, used 93 times
• Showed the way - LED, used 93 times

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