Clues for the word "NAILS"
We've had 146 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 258 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Cryptic crossword on March 13, 2026.
Referring Clues
- Tough as ___
- Things to be filed
- Navy's leader does poorly with studs (5)
- Epitome of hardness
- Filed items
- Manicurists' jobs
- Polish sites
- Catches but good
- Epitome of toughness
- Symbols of hardness
- They may be polished
- Catches red-handed
- Things at one's fingertips?
- Achieves perfectly
- Symbol of toughness
- Manicurists' targets
- Manicurist's expertise
- Some have big heads
- Performs perfectly
- Manicurists' concerns
- Aces
- Polish receivers
- Accomplishes perfectly, as a dismount
- They may be done in a salon
- Does perfectly
- Gets down pat
- Salon focus, at times
- They're clipped and filed
- Catches cold?
- They may be filed
- Emery board targets
- They're at your fingertips
- Attaches, in a way
- Does to a T
- Manicurist's concern
- Catches, as a perp
- Finalizes, with "down"
- Carpenter's supply
- Manicurist's concerns
- Hammers' targets
- Catches in the act
- Manicurists' focus
- Symbols of toughness
- They're right at our fingertips
- They're cut and polished
- Digital extensions
- Manicure targets
- Gets exactly right
- Executes perfectly
- Manicure target
- They may be clipped or polished
- Carpenters' hits?
- Carpenter's need
- Itch scratchers
- Polish targets
- Polish targets
- Manicurists treat them
- Filed things
- Gets perfectly
- Finger features
- Carpentry supply
- Manicurist's focus
- Gets a jury to convict, slangily
- They get hammered
- Hits perfectly
- Barrelful at a hardware store
- Digital display
- Brad's family?
- Hardware buy
- Toe covers
- They can take a pounding
- Man's talons
- They get hit on the head
- Gets precisely
- Focus of a manicure
- Manicurist's handful?
- Does masterfully
- Brads
- Mani-pedi beneficiaries
- Hammer targets
- Fastens securely
- Hard as ___ (tough)
- Exemplar of toughness
- Exemplars of toughness
- What manicurists do
- Keg contents
- Polishing targets
- Roofer's supply
- Manicurist's charge
- Tacks' kin
- Fasteners
- Parts of fingers to polish
- Polished items
- Hammer them
- Hardware purchase
- Uses a hammer
- Metal fasteners
- Joe Diffie "Tougher Than ___"
- They are hard and make trouble in two directions
- If varnished, they won't go rusty
- They are driven to join things
- They're hard catches
- Catches
- Tacks - arrests
- Ungues
- They sometimes get big tips
- Fixes Norway'nailss troubles
- Brad's nabs?
- Poles have to suffer - they're hammered!
- Proverbially hard on one's toes?
- Things right at your fingertips
- Arrests
- Human talons
- Clippers' targets
- Fixes with hammer
- Timber fasteners
- Manicured items
- Tough, hard as ___
- Fixes tax account?
- Fixes digital attachments
- Exposes new troubles
- Poles suffer internally - they're hammered
- Emery boards are used on them
- Manicurist's charges?
- Sticks, as a landing
- Common scratchers
- Catches with spikes
- Symbol of hardness
- They might be painted in a bathroom
- Are they hard to hit on the head?
- Metal spikes
- *Feels healthy
- Manicure focuses
- A foot has five
- Carpenter's gun ammo
- Talons, for instance
- Salon specialty
- Things on hand
- Targets for a hammer
- Woodworker's fasteners
- Acrylics, for example
- Mani-pedi targets
- Spots for polish
- Symbols of toughness, in a simile
- Nervous people might chew on them
- Totally aces
Last Seen In
- Daily Cryptic - March 13, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - March 05, 2026
- Your Life Choices - February 08, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - February 07, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - February 05, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - January 19, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - January 16, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - January 01, 2026
- Daily American - December 27, 2025
- Your Life Choices - November 24, 2025
- Daily American - October 19, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - October 11, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - August 12, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - July 30, 2025
- Your Life Choices - July 01, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 23, 2025
- LA Times - May 29, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - May 14, 2025
- New York Times - May 05, 2025
- Your Life Choices - March 25, 2025
- Daily American - March 14, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 05, 2025
- Your Life Choices - February 28, 2025
- LA Times - January 21, 2025
- Your Life Choices - January 15, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - December 28, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 25, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - December 03, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - October 19, 2024
- New York Times - October 13, 2024
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