Pounce upon
The crossword clue "Pounce upon" is answered by ASSAIL, a 6-letter entry. Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2010; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 6 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 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2010; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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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
- Lay into - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
- 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
- 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.
- Confer (upon) - BESTOW, used 13 times
- Gazed upon - BEHELD, used 11 times
- Brings upon oneself - INCURS, used 9 times
- Fired upon - SHOTAT, used 9 times
- Insist upon - DEMAND, used 8 times
- Set upon - ATTACK, used 8 times
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