"While we're ___ . . ."

The answer

ATIT

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ATIT answer page.

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2020. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ATIT

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

• Working hard - used 149 times, most recently in 2026
• Bickering - used 116 times, most recently in 2026
• Fighting - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
• Toiling away - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Plugging away - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• Working away - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Arguing - used 45 times, most recently in 2024
• Busy - used 41 times, most recently in 2020
• Keep __ (persevere) - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Keep __ (persist) - used 37 times, most recently in 2025
• Quarreling - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Squabbling - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
• "Look ___ this way . . ." - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Going ___ (fighting) - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• On the job - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
• Take a crack __ (try) - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Working diligently - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Slaving away - used 18 times, most recently in 2018
• Going full tilt - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Working - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Battling - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Busily working - used 13 times, most recently in 2007
• Going ___ (bickering) - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
• Butting heads - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Toiling - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• Busily engaged - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
• Busy, busy, busy - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Go ___ (fight) - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• "While you're ___ ..." - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Working busily - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Feuding - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Going ___ - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Hard ___ (busily working) - used 9 times, most recently in 2005
• "Keep ___!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• "They're __ again!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Doing the thing - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Fighting tooth and nail - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Going strong - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Grinding away - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Take a crack __ - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Back ___ again - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Have a go __ (try) - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Locking horns - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Sparring - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Fighting like mad - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Going ___ (fighting) (2 wds.) - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Having a tiff - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Having words - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Very busy - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

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.

• Prefix for while - ERST, used 75 times
• In a while - ANON, used 64 times
• Quite a while - AGES, used 60 times
• Give for a while - LEND, used 50 times
• Gave for a while - LENT, used 35 times
• "We're in trouble!" - UHOH, used 33 times

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