Pointed fastener on evening dress in sharp spiral (8) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Pointed fastener on evening dress in sharp spiral (8) featured in Guardian Cryptic puzzle on October 22, 2025. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 4 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is TAIL.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% TAIL Pointed fastener on evening dress in sharp spiral (8) (4) The Guardian Cryptic Oct 22, 2025
6% HELIX Spiral (5) Universal Oct 15, 2025
6% INASPIN Spiraling (7) LA Times Daily Sep 15, 2025
5% FUSILLI Short spirals of pasta (7) The Times Concise Oct 22, 2025
5% STAPLEGUN Fastening tool (9) Eugene Sheffer Oct 21, 2025
5% TORNADOES Spirals out of control? (9) New York Times Oct 18, 2025
5% RAPS Sharp knocks (4) Commuter Oct 18, 2025
5% ACUTE Sharp, as eyesight (5) Newsday Oct 15, 2025
5% WEAR Dress in (4) Wall Street Journal Oct 14, 2025
5% NUDE Not dressed (4) USA Today Oct 12, 2025

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