Dire situation
The crossword clue "Dire situation" is answered by CRISIS, a 6-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2011. 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
CRISIS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CRISIS answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2011. 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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- CALAMITY (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for CRISIS
Every other clue in this collection answered by CRISIS, most used first.
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