Armed robbery
The crossword clue "Armed robbery" is answered by HEIST, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HEIST
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HEIST answer page.
Used 9 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 2 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.
- STICKUP (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for HEIST
Every other clue in this collection answered by HEIST, most used first.
- Bank job - used 73 times, most recently in 2026
- Robbery - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Holdup - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
- Bank robbery - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Bank holdup - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Bank caper - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Job at a bank - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Stickup - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
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.
- Robbery - THEFT, used 21 times
- Long-armed ape - ORANG, used 18 times
- One-armed bandits - SLOTS, used 15 times
- Ten-armed swimmer - SQUID, used 11 times
- Committed robbery - STOLE, used 7 times
- Long-armed beast - ORANG, used 7 times
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