In combat
The crossword clue "In combat" is answered by ATWAR, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ATWAR
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ATWAR answer page.
Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 4 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 ATWAR
Every other clue in this collection answered by ATWAR, most used first.
- Fighting - used 78 times, most recently in 2026
- Battling - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
- Engaged in battle - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Doing battle - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Engaged in combat - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Fighting it out - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Not just feuding - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
- In conflict - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Clashing - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Embattled - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Engaged in hostilities - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- Crossing swords - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
- Feuding - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- In battle - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Combat zone - ARENA, used 17 times
- Combat doc - MEDIC, used 7 times
- Combat-ready - ARMED, used 7 times
- Place of combat - ARENA, used 7 times
- Combat center - ARENA, used 6 times
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