Straight up and down
The crossword clue "Straight up and down" is answered by ERECT, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
ERECT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ERECT answer page.
Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ERECT
Every other clue in this collection answered by ERECT, most used first.
- Put up - used 263 times, most recently in 2026
- Upright - used 238 times, most recently in 2026
- Build - used 192 times, most recently in 2026
- Construct - used 78 times, most recently in 2026
- Standing tall - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
- Standing straight - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
- Standing upright - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- At attention - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Straight up - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Not slouching - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Set up - used 34 times, most recently in 2016
- Standing - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
- Standing up straight - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Put up, as a building - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Raise - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- Upstanding - used 21 times, most recently in 2022
- Vertical - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
- Build, as a building - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Build, as a monument - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- In an upright position - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
- Standing at attention - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Posture-perfect - used 12 times, most recently in 2012
- Establish - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
- Not hunched over - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Straight and tall - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Build, as a house - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Demonstrating good posture - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Like Homo sapiens - used 9 times, most recently in 2010
- Not on all fours - used 9 times, most recently in 2006
- Standing up - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Straight. - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
- Way to stand - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
- Assemble - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Displaying good posture - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Construct, as a building - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Upright, as posture - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Up and about - ASTIR, used 274 times
- Wear down - ERODE, used 180 times
- Run-down - SEEDY, used 178 times
- On the up and up - LEGIT, used 124 times
- Weighed down - LADEN, used 122 times
- Out-and-out - UTTER, used 117 times
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