Defensive covering
The crossword clue "Defensive covering" is answered by ARMOR, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2003. 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
ARMOR
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ARMOR answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ARMOR
Every other clue in this collection answered by ARMOR, most used first.
- Knight wear - used 64 times, most recently in 2025
- Knight's protection - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
- Knight's suit - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Strong suit - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Mail - used 32 times, most recently in 2015
- Hard wear? - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Knight's wear - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Iron clothes? - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Knight clothes - used 13 times, most recently in 2018
- Knight's metal suit - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Tanks and such - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Protection - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Knight suit - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Galahad's garb - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Knight's protective gear - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Knightwear - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Knight's attire - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Mail, e.g. - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Protective covering - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
- Armadillo's protection - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Cause of knight sweats? - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Protective suit - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Body protection - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
- Chain mail - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
- Cover of knight? - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Galahad's strong suit? - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Jouster's wear - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Museum suit - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
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.
- Seed covering - TESTA, used 54 times
- Window covering - DRAPE, used 38 times
- Window covering - SHADE, used 24 times
- Shoulder covering - SHAWL, used 16 times
- Cake covering - ICING, used 11 times
- Head covering - SCALP, used 11 times
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