Cross swords
The crossword clue "Cross swords" is answered by DUEL, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1965. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DUEL
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DUEL answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1965. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for DUEL
Every other clue in this collection answered by DUEL, most used first.
- Sword fight - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Face-off - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Affair of honor - used 16 times, most recently in 2013
- One-on-one battle - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- "Hamilton" climax - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Affaire d'honneur - used 10 times, most recently in 2006
- Fencing contest - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Sword fight, e.g. - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Contest - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
- One-on-one fight - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Swordfight - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Burr-Hamilton event - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- "Hamilton" event - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- One-on-one combat - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- One-on-one contest - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Hamilton-Burr event - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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