Warning signals

The answer

ALERTS

6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALERTS answer page.

Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1960. It appears in 9 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.

• SIRENS (6 uses in xd)
• ALARMS (3 uses in xd)
• TOCSINS (3 uses in xd)
• OMENS (2 uses in xd)

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
• 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
• 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.

• Warning - CAVEAT, used 38 times
• Words of warning - ORELSE, used 23 times
• Word of warning - BEWARE, used 22 times
• Word of warning - CAVEAT, used 11 times
• Warning words - ORELSE, used 10 times
• Nanny's warning - BEHAVE, used 9 times

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