Showing signs of life
The crossword clue "Showing signs of life" is answered by ASTIR, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
ASTIR
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ASTIR answer page.
Used 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ASTIR
Every other clue in this collection answered by ASTIR, most used first.
- Up and about - used 274 times, most recently in 2026
- Moving about - used 89 times, most recently in 2026
- Moving - used 81 times, most recently in 2025
- On the move - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Out of bed - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Up - used 38 times, most recently in 2025
- In motion - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Buzzing - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Moving around - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Up and at 'em - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Buzzing with activity - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
- Active - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
- Just waking up - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- No longer sleeping - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Like households after daybreak - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- No longer in bed - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Up and around - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Full of activity - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Moving slightly - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Not dormant - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Out of the sack - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
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.
- Plant life - FLORA, used 107 times
- "It's a Wonderful Life" director - CAPRA, used 85 times
- Signs - OMENS, used 63 times
- Prophetic signs - OMENS, used 52 times
- Sign of life - PULSE, used 51 times
- Signs of the future - OMENS, used 47 times
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