Antitheft device

The answer

ALARM

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALARM answer page.

Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 5 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.

• THECLUB (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for ALARM

Every other clue in this collection answered by ALARM, most used first.

• Frighten - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• Warning sound - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Burglar's bane - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
• Clock radio feature - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Startle - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Tocsin - used 24 times, most recently in 1996
• Eye opener? - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Wake-up call - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Warning signal - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Sleep spoiler - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
• Warning - used 16 times, most recently in 2022
• Morning sound - used 14 times, most recently in 2012
• Chili hotness unit - used 13 times, most recently in 2018
• Morning waker-upper - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Burglar deterrent - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Morning rouser - used 12 times, most recently in 2012
• Dream interrupter - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Break-in indicator - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Chili rating unit - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Danger signal - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Wake-up sound - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Bedside buzzer - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Kind of clock - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• Dismay - used 8 times, most recently in 2010
• Warning device - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Auto option - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Car protector - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Consternation - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Siren - used 7 times, most recently in 2002
• Smartphone wake-up feature - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Smoke signal? - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Word with smoke or fire - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Attention-getting sound - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Bank vault installation - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Car security device - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Clock's wake-up sound - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Device with a snooze button - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Distress - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Eye opener of a sort - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• False ___ - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• It's a real eye-opener - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Scare - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Slumber stopper - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Smoke detector - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Smoke detector component - used 6 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.

• AM/FM device - RADIO, used 53 times
• Weighing device - SCALE, used 46 times
• Measuring device - GAUGE, used 40 times
• Literary device - IRONY, used 37 times
• Doppler device - RADAR, used 31 times
• Detection device - SONAR, used 29 times

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