Not straight
The crossword clue "Not straight" is answered by ASKEW, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1981. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ASKEW
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ASKEW answer page.
Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1981. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for ASKEW
Every other clue in this collection answered by ASKEW, most used first.
- Crooked - used 96 times, most recently in 2026
- Cockeyed - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Off-kilter - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Lopsided - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Out of kilter - used 34 times, most recently in 2022
- Out of whack - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
- Out of line - used 27 times, most recently in 2016
- Off-center - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
- Slightly off - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Awry - used 11 times, most recently in 2008
- To one side - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
- Out of alignment - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Distorted - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
- Off - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- In a crooked position - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Crookedly - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
- Not on the level - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- A bit off - used 6 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.
- Not quite right - AMISS, used 181 times
- Not a soul - NOONE, used 131 times
- Not together - APART, used 116 times
- Not moving - INERT, used 102 times
- Set straight - ALIGN, used 96 times
- Not as many - FEWER, used 69 times
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