It may come from out of the blue
The crossword clue "It may come from out of the blue" is answered by BOLT, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
BOLT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BOLT answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for BOLT
Every other clue in this collection answered by BOLT, most used first.
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- Roll of cloth. - used 13 times, most recently in 2018
- Flash of lightning - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
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- Roll of fabric - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Hightail it - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Lightning unit - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Lightning flash - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Make a break for it - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Run away - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Cloth roll - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Door fastener - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Flee - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Gulp down - used 7 times, most recently in 2003
- It may come from the blue - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Lightning ___ - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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