Clues for the word "SCREWS"
We've had 37 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 42 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on May 21, 2024.
Referring Clues
- Twisty items
- Pressure, metaphorically
- Hardware store boxful
- Calaboose guards
- Hoosegow guards
- Physical coercion
- Hardware buys
- Messes (up)
- Twists to tighten
- They have threads and heads
- Hardware store binful
- Threaded nails
- Threaded fasteners
- Bits of hardware
- Little bits of hardware
- Guards in a slammer
- Beds, less politely
- Guards, to cons
- Things driven on construction sites
- Relatives of bolts
- Hockey skates parts
- Hinge fasteners
- Woodworker's fasteners
- Pressure, so to speak
- Fix-it purchases
- They're turned and tightened
- "Some assembly required" extras
- They're driven home by twisters
- Puts pressure on seamen aboard
- Prison officers detaining sailors in ship
- Do they hold the prison service together?
- It's the men aboard ship that hold things together
- Hardware store collection
- Some propellers
- Hardware bits that may have Phillips heads
- Items in a hardware store bin
- Fasteners that hex keys may tighten
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 21, 2024
- USA Today - February 19, 2024
- New York Times - January 28, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 26, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 30, 2022
- USA Today - October 10, 2022
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 05, 2017
- New York Times - November 06, 2016
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - August 10, 2016
- Netword - May 23, 2016
- Universal - March 29, 2016
- Guardian Quiptic - August 31, 2015
- USA Today - February 11, 2015
- LA Times - February 08, 2015
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - June 30, 2014
- New York Times - August 16, 2013
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - April 24, 2013
- Guardian Cryptic - August 17, 2012
- Onion A.V. Club - July 04, 2012
- Universal - April 30, 2012
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 13, 2011
- USA Today - June 14, 2011
- Universal - May 30, 2011
- Jonesin - February 15, 2011
- New York Times - January 07, 2011
- Onion A.V. Club - July 14, 2010
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - May 07, 2010
- New York Times - August 26, 2009
- Washington Post - March 29, 2009
- Washington Post - June 10, 2008
- And in 12 more crossword puzzles...