Put on guard
The crossword clue "Put on guard" is answered by ALERTED, a 7-letter entry. Used 15 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ALERTED
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALERTED answer page.
Used 15 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1953. 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.
- CAUTIONED (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ALERTED
Every other clue in this collection answered by ALERTED, most used first.
- Warned - used 31 times, most recently in 2024
- Tipped off - used 25 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.
- Put up - ERECTED, used 43 times
- Put in order - ARRANGE, used 35 times
- Put back - RESTORE, used 26 times
- Put in other words - RESTATE, used 20 times
- Put the pedal to the metal - FLOORIT, used 20 times
- Put on a pedestal - IDOLIZE, used 17 times
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