Stand by
The crossword clue "Stand by" is answered by AWAIT, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1956. 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
AWAIT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AWAIT answer page.
Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1956. 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
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
Other clues for AWAIT
Every other clue in this collection answered by AWAIT, most used first.
- Anticipate - used 172 times, most recently in 2026
- Look forward to - used 159 times, most recently in 2026
- Expect - used 129 times, most recently in 2026
- Be patient for - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Look for - used 36 times, most recently in 2024
- Hang around for - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Stand by for - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Be in store for - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Be ready for - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Watch for - used 24 times, most recently in 2014
- Bide one's time - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Eagerly anticipate - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Lie in store for - used 15 times, most recently in 2017
- Be in store - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
- Be expectant - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
- Lie ahead - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Apt rhyme for "anticipate" - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Keep an eye out for - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Anticipate, as an arrival - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Expect eagerly - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Sit up for - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Eagerly expect - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Artist's stand - EASEL, used 134 times
- Stand up - ARISE, used 88 times
- Painter's stand - EASEL, used 76 times
- Crockett's last stand - ALAMO, used 59 times
- Studio stand - EASEL, used 59 times
- Couldn't stand - HATED, used 50 times
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