Gives a heads-up to
The crossword clue "Gives a heads-up to" is answered by ALERTS, a 6-letter entry. Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
ALERTS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALERTS answer page.
Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for ALERTS
Every other clue in this collection answered by ALERTS, most used first.
- Warns - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- Tips off - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Warnings - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Advisories - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Warning signals - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Puts on guard - used 14 times, most recently in 2004
- Forewarns - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Gives a heads-up - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Puts on notice - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
- Phone notifications - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Notifies - 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.
- Gives a speech - ORATES, used 26 times
- Gives rise to - SPAWNS, used 26 times
- Butting heads - ATODDS, used 21 times
- Heads off - AVERTS, used 18 times
- Gives an address - ORATES, used 17 times
- Gives way - YIELDS, used 16 times
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