Holdup
The crossword clue "Holdup" is answered by HEIST, a 5-letter entry. Used 18 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 10 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 18 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1995. 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.
- BANKJOB (4 uses in xd)
- ROBBERY (3 uses in xd)
- LAGTIME (1 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
- Bank robbery - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Armed robbery - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- 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.
- Holdup - DELAY, used 25 times
- Holdup man? - ATLAS, used 12 times
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