Candidates' face-off
The crossword clue "Candidates' face-off" is answered by DEBATE, a 6-letter entry. Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; 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
DEBATE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DEBATE answer page.
Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; 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 clues for DEBATE
Every other clue in this collection answered by DEBATE, most used first.
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- Formal argument - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Argue - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Pre-election event - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Argue the issues - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Argument - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- It has its pros and cons - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
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- Off the mark - ERRANT, used 34 times
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