Answer: COILS
COILS is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 34 times.
Referring Clues:
- Prepares to strike, maybe
 - Spring features
 - Winds
 - Spring winds
 - Prepares to strike
 - Mattress layer
 - Winds about
 - Stored ropes, e.g.
 - Mattress innards
 - Mattress features
 - Prepares to strike, as a cobra
 - Concentric rings
 - Mattress parts
 - Spiral shapes
 - Helices
 - Bedsprings
 - Bedsprings
 - Springs
 - Spring feature
 - Spring winds?
 - Twists
 - Many stored hoses
 - Spirals
 - Hoses are often stored in them
 - Rings
 - Some are tightly wound
 - Gets ready to strike, as a snake
 - Prepares to strike, in a way
 - Spring shapes
 - Winds into rings
 - Mattress springs
 - Snaky formations
 - Tesla stock?
 - Orderly arrangements of wiring
 
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - July 31, 2025
 - LA Times - April 13, 2024
 - USA Today - November 21, 2023
 - New York Times - November 04, 2023
 - LA Times - March 11, 2023
 - LA Times - September 30, 2020
 - Netword - September 07, 2020
 - Universal - May 09, 2019
 - LA Times - September 23, 2018
 - Netword - August 29, 2018
 - Netword - May 25, 2017
 - LA Times - July 02, 2016
 - Netword - October 14, 2015
 - New York Times - September 14, 2015
 - LA Times - July 10, 2015
 - King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - February 21, 2015
 - LA Times - March 05, 2014
 - Washington Post - September 07, 2013
 - Netword - August 18, 2013
 - Universal - March 28, 2013
 
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