Burning crime
The crossword clue "Burning crime" is answered by ARSON, a 5-letter entry. Used 22 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ARSON
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ARSON answer page.
Used 22 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ARSON
Every other clue in this collection answered by ARSON, most used first.
- Fiery crime - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
- Firebug's crime - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
- Bad lighting? - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
- Pyromaniac's crime - used 60 times, most recently in 2025
- Fiery felony - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- Fire-setting crime - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Burning desire? - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Hot crime - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Illegal firing? - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
- Incendiarism - used 23 times, most recently in 2019
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.
- Burning - AFIRE, used 143 times
- Aids in crime - ABETS, used 32 times
- Bonnie's partner in crime - CLYDE, used 28 times
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