What are thin packing strips used to space or adjust machinery parts? (5) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SHIMS What are thin packing strips used to space or adjust machinery parts? (5) (5)
7% COG Machinery part (3) Wall Street Journal Aug 24, 2026
6% SHIM Thin slip of metal, wood, etc, used to fill in space or to adjust parts (4) (4) The Guardian Quick Jun 26, 2026
5% SET Adjust, as an alarm (3)
5% SLIM Thin (4) Universal Sep 3, 2026
5% TWEAK Small adjustment (5) The Telegraph Quick Sep 3, 2026
5% KERNS Adjusts the spacing between, as printed letters (5) The Washington Post Mini Aug 29, 2026
5% ADAPT Adjust to change (5) Newsday Aug 24, 2026
5% THEE What you used to be? (4) The Atlantic Aug 22, 2026
5% RESET Adjust again (5) Puzzler Backwords Aug 14, 2026
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