Back at sea
The crossword clue "Back at sea" is answered by AFT, a 3-letter entry. Used 50 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 16 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
AFT
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AFT answer page.
Used 50 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 16 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- ASTERN (6 uses in xd)
- ABAFT (4 uses in xd)
Other clues for AFT
Every other clue in this collection answered by AFT, most used first.
- Toward the stern - used 153 times, most recently in 2026
- Sternward - used 116 times, most recently in 2026
- Astern - used 89 times, most recently in 2026
- Toward the rudder - used 46 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Back muscle, for short - LAT, used 189 times
- Flow back - EBB, used 130 times
- Back in time - AGO, used 102 times
- Back muscle, briefly - LAT, used 97 times
- Sea plea - SOS, used 49 times
- French sea - MER, used 48 times
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