Lay into
The crossword clue "Lay into" is answered by ASSAIL, a 6-letter entry. Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ASSAIL
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ASSAIL answer page.
Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 11 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.
- LAMBASTE (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for ASSAIL
Every other clue in this collection answered by ASSAIL, most used first.
- Attack - used 90 times, most recently in 2025
- Lash out at - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
- Attack vigorously - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Set upon - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
- Beset - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
- Attack violently - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Tear into - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Have at - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Attack with vigor - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Go after - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Light into - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Besiege - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
- Go at - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Lay siege to - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Pounce upon - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
- Attack verbally - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Criticize harshly - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Lace into - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
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.
- Come into view - EMERGE, used 122 times
- Bring into harmony - ATTUNE, used 93 times
- Take into custody - ARREST, used 65 times
- Votes into office - ELECTS, used 56 times
- Makes into law - ENACTS, used 45 times
- Turned into - BECAME, used 42 times
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