Crossword clues
In the main?
The crossword clue "In the main?" is answered by ASEA, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2004. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ASEA
ASEA
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ASEA answer page.
7Times used
6Distinct years
2004Most recent year
5Publications
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2004. It appears in 5 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.
- CHIEFLY (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for ASEA
Every other clue in this collection answered by ASEA, most used first.
- On the briny - used 364 times, most recently in 2026
- Cruising - used 278 times, most recently in 2026
- On the ocean - used 194 times, most recently in 2026
- Sailing - used 158 times, most recently in 2026
- Between ports - used 137 times, most recently in 2026
- On a cruise - used 96 times, most recently in 2026
- Out of port - used 87 times, most recently in 2025
- On the main - used 72 times, most recently in 2021
- On the deep. - used 54 times, most recently in 2022
- Lost - used 49 times, most recently in 2024
- Befuddled - used 44 times, most recently in 2023
- Offshore - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Confused - used 35 times, most recently in 2020
- Voyaging - used 34 times, most recently in 2021
- Under sail - used 33 times, most recently in 2019
- On the bounding main - used 30 times, most recently in 2021
- Bewildered - used 28 times, most recently in 2023
- Not docked - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Not in port - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Away from port - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
- Far from shore - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Perplexed - used 22 times, most recently in 2022
- On open waters - used 20 times, most recently in 2022
- Riding the waves - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
- Fishing, perhaps - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- On the waves - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- On the blue. - used 17 times, most recently in 1984
- In the Red? - used 16 times, most recently in 2020
- On the Baltic, say - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- On the water - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Yachting - used 16 times, most recently in 2015
- Away from shore - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Enjoying a cruise - used 15 times, most recently in 2015
- Sailing, poetically - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Clueless - used 14 times, most recently in 2015
- Making a crossing - used 14 times, most recently in 2015
- On a voyage - used 14 times, most recently in 2012
- Out on the ocean - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- On a cruise ship, say - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- On an ocean liner - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- On the Baltic - used 13 times, most recently in 2009
- ". . . against __ of troubles" - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Far from land - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- No longer in port - used 12 times, most recently in 2018
- Not ashore - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- On a cruise, say - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Sailing or whaling - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
- Away from land - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Drifting - used 11 times, most recently in 2013
- In midvoyage - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
- On the Aegean - used 11 times, most recently in 2012
- On the Red - used 11 times, most recently in 2006
- Sailing the ocean blue - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Sailing the waves - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
- Braving the waves - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
- Cruising, say - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Far offshore - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- No longer in the docks - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
- Off shore - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- On the Coral - used 10 times, most recently in 2008
- On the Mediterranean - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- In the Black? - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- On the Aegean, say - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- On the Pacific - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Sailing, say - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Totally lost - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Where the buoys are - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- ". . . against __ of troubles": "Hamlet" - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Floundering - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- Not on land - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- On the Adriatic, say - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- On the Atlantic - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- On the Ligurian - used 8 times, most recently in 2004
- Puzzled - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Aboard an ocean liner - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Away from the shore - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Cruising, perhaps - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
- Far from terra firma - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- In a muddle - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Midvoyage - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- No longer docked - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
- Not well-grounded? - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- " . . . ___ of troubles": Hamlet - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- On the Azov - used 7 times, most recently in 2003
- Between continents - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Cruising, maybe - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Mid-voyage - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Off land - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- On a slow boat to China - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
- On the briny deep - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- On the Java - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- On the open water - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Over the bounding main - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Toward open waters - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Using clippers? - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
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