"Fire away!"

The answer

ASK

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ASK answer page.

Used 31 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 10 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.

• ASKME (4 uses in xd)
• LETERRIP (3 uses in xd)
• SHOOT (2 uses in xd)
• LETLOOSE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ASK

Every other clue in this collection answered by ASK, most used first.

• Inquire - used 361 times, most recently in 2026
• Request - used 210 times, most recently in 2026
• Invite - used 159 times, most recently in 2026
• Pose a question - used 111 times, most recently in 2026
• Query - used 101 times, most recently in 2026
• Question - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
• Pop the question - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• Make a request - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Set as a price - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Be inquisitive - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Show curiosity - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Make inquiries - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• Seek answers - used 27 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Away from WSW - ENE, used 155 times
• Fire residue - ASH, used 95 times
• Fire proof? - ASH, used 91 times
• Away from NNW - SSE, used 82 times
• Packed away - ATE, used 76 times
• Fire remnant - ASH, used 68 times

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