Anxious
The crossword clue "Anxious" is answered by ANTSY, a 5-letter entry. Used 20 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ANTSY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ANTSY answer page.
Used 20 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 8 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 ANTSY
Every other clue in this collection answered by ANTSY, most used first.
- Unable to sit still - used 86 times, most recently in 2026
- Fidgety - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
- Nervous - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
- Restless - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
- On edge - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- On pins and needles - used 40 times, most recently in 2024
- Impatient - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Full of nervous energy - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Fidgeting - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- Not sitting well? - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Champing at the bit - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
- Prone to fidgeting - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
- Jittery - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Unable to relax - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Squirmy - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Apprehensive - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
- Likely to fidget - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
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.
- Anxious feeling - AGITA, used 21 times
- Anxious - EAGER, used 14 times
- Anxious - TENSE, used 11 times
- Anxious feeling - ANGST, used 8 times
- Feeling anxious - TENSE, used 8 times
- ___ ease (anxious) - ILLAT, used 6 times
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