The Clue
Does a tailor's job (6 letter answer)
The Answer
ALTERS
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Notes
The answer ALTERS is common and appears about once every 300 puzzles.
Related Clues
Changes
Edits
Fiddles with
Modifies
Revamps
Shifts
Spays
Tailors
Takes in
Adjusts, as a suit
Changes to fit
Changes a suit
Does tailoring on
Lets out
Makes changes
Makes fit
Nips and tucks
Permutes or transmutes
Rehems, maybe
Remodels, e.g.
Sizes up?
Tailors to fit
Takes in, for example
Takes in or out
Takes in, say
Does some tailoring
Does a tailoring job
Lets down or out
Lets out, maybe
Lowers the cuffs on, maybe
Makes different in details
Sizes up or down?
Takes in or lets out
Raises or lowers a hem, say
Definition
ALTER as a verb:
1. (change, alter, modify) = cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
2. (change, alter, vary) = make or become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season"
3. make an alteration to; "This dress needs to be altered"
4. (interpolate, alter, falsify) = insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
5. (alter, neuter, spay, castrate) = remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?"