Distress signal
The crossword clue "Distress signal" is answered by FLARE, a 5-letter entry. Used 37 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1980. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
FLARE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FLARE answer page.
Used 37 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1980. It appears in 12 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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- MAYDAY (6 uses in xd)
Other clues for FLARE
Every other clue in this collection answered by FLARE, most used first.
- Emergency signal - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
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