Puts on guard
The crossword clue "Puts on guard" is answered by ALERTS, a 6-letter entry. Used 14 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2004; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ALERTS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALERTS answer page.
Used 14 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2004; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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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
- Forewarns - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Gives a heads-up - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Gives a heads-up to - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
- 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.
- Puts up - ERECTS, used 185 times
- Guard - SENTRY, used 54 times
- Puts up with - ABIDES, used 40 times
- Puts in office - ELECTS, used 33 times
- Puts into law - ENACTS, used 32 times
- Puts into office - ELECTS, used 28 times
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