PC panic button
The crossword clue "PC panic button" is answered by ESC, a 3-letter entry. Used 39 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ESC
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ESC answer page.
Used 39 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- ESCKEY (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ESC
Every other clue in this collection answered by ESC, most used first.
- F1 neighbor - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- PC bailout key - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- Corner key - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
- Upper-left key - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Upper-left PC key - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
- "Exit full screen" key - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Corner PC key - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Top-left PC key - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
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