Became an issue
The crossword clue "Became an issue" is answered by AROSE, a 5-letter entry. Used 26 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
AROSE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AROSE answer page.
Used 26 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for AROSE
Every other clue in this collection answered by AROSE, most used first.
- Came up - used 298 times, most recently in 2026
- Got up - used 218 times, most recently in 2026
- Cropped up - used 174 times, most recently in 2026
- Stood up - used 114 times, most recently in 2026
- Got out of bed - used 88 times, most recently in 2026
- Originated - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
- Stood - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
- Sprang up - used 56 times, most recently in 2025
- Popped up - used 54 times, most recently in 2025
- "__ by any other name..." - used 49 times, most recently in 2023
- Came to light - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Ascended - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
- Emerged - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Came about - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Happened - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
- Greeted the day - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Stopped lying? - used 23 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- Make amends - ATONE, used 664 times
- In the know - AWARE, used 356 times
- Once more - AGAIN, used 336 times
- Nimble - AGILE, used 322 times
- Battery terminal - ANODE, used 319 times
- Book of maps - ATLAS, used 317 times
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