Answer: GEARS
GEARS is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 97 times.
Referring Clues:
- They may be stripped
 - First, second, reverse, etc.
 - Adjusts
 - They may be shifted or stripped
 - Subjects of ratios
 - They're sometimes stripped
 - First, second and third
 - Attunes
 - You may use a stick for these
 - They may get engaged
 - First, second, third and reverse
 - See 8-Across
 - Toothed wheels
 - Four-on-the floor quartet
 - Engaging parts
 - Forward and reverse
 - Clockwork components
 - Transmission options
 - Drive and reverse
 - They may be switched
 - Gets ready, with "up"
 - Bicycle parts
 - A shift lever changes them
 - They're changed while the clutch is depressed
 - Four-on-the-floor options
 - They're shifted
 - Transmission units
 - Meshing parts
 - Shifting things
 - They're meant to be engaged
 - Shifting objects
 - Car-transmission settings
 - Neutral and reverse
 - Transmission settings
 - PRNDL picks
 - Transmission components
 - They may be engaged
 - They often get engaged
 - First, second et al.
 - Drive and park
 - They may be shifted
 - First and second, for two
 - Transmission innards
 - Four-on-the-floor foursome
 - They can be shifted
 - Watch innards
 - First, second and reverse
 - Shifty ones?
 - P, R, D, N, 1 and 2
 - Steampunk adornments
 - Don't give me the ______
 - Sprockets
 - Watch innards
 - Wheels with teeth
 - Bike parts
 - Transmission choices
 - A ten-speed has ten
 - Stick shift selections
 - Shifted car parts
 - Set for biking
 - Clockwork, mostly
 - Car transmission selections
 - Park and drive
 - Five-speed options
 - Clock innards
 - They're engaged
 - Swiss watch parts
 - They work in shifts
 - Ten-speed parts
 - First and reverse, e.g.
 - Customizes
 - They're often switched
 - Stickshift selections
 - Low and high, e.g.
 - Auto transmission choices
 - They may be stripped by new drivers
 - Bike components
 - Racing bike selections
 - Adapts for special use
 - They have strong teeth
 - First, low and reverse
 - Ten-speed workings
 - The ten of a ten-speed
 - Car transmission choices
 - They're changed on the road
 - Shifter's selections
 - What a shift shifts
 - Machine parts with teeth
 - Cogwheels
 - They have pointy teeth
 - They're shifted often in cities
 - Reverse and others
 - Wheels with cogs
 - They may be switched while cycling
 - See 16-Down
 - Biking selections
 - Settings on a bike
 
Last Seen In:
- LA Times - September 24, 2025
 - LA Times - August 18, 2025
 - New York Times - May 14, 2025
 - New York Times - May 12, 2024
 - LA Times - February 25, 2023
 - LA Times - February 19, 2023
 - LA Times - January 20, 2023
 - New York Times - March 30, 2022
 - USA Today - June 16, 2021
 - USA Today - March 01, 2021
 - New York Times - December 30, 2020
 - LA Times - November 18, 2020
 - LA Times - October 30, 2020
 - New York Times - August 30, 2020
 - LA Times - April 30, 2020
 - USA Today - April 15, 2020
 - Netword - March 26, 2020
 - Netword - March 11, 2020
 - USA Today - February 17, 2020
 - LA Times - August 22, 2019
 
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