"___ be back" ("The Terminator" catchphrase)

The answer

ILL

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ILL answer page.

Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2014. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ILL

Every other clue in this collection answered by ILL, most used first.

• Under the weather - used 536 times, most recently in 2026
• Sick - used 171 times, most recently in 2026
• Unwell - used 114 times, most recently in 2026
• Suffering - used 112 times, most recently in 2026
• Not well - used 100 times, most recently in 2026
• Ailing - used 99 times, most recently in 2026
• Out of sorts - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
• Poorly - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
• Not feeling well - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
• Indisposed - used 47 times, most recently in 2023
• Feeling poorly - used 41 times, most recently in 2024
• Laid up - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Adverse - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
• Not in the pink - used 32 times, most recently in 2020
• "___ say!" - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Badly - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• "Well, ___ be!" - used 30 times, most recently in 2024
• Green around the gills - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ at ease - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Off one's feed - used 24 times, most recently in 2020
• "___ be the judge of that" - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• In poor health - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Feeling sick - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Down with a bug - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Down with something - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Kind of wind - used 19 times, most recently in 2006
• "Licensed to ___" (Beastie Boys album) - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Not feeling so hot - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Sickly - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ be back!" - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Down with the flu - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• ___-advised - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• "__ Be Home for Christmas" - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• "___ be darned!" - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• "___ Be Seeing You" - used 15 times, most recently in 2013
• Unfavorable - used 15 times, most recently in 2015
• Misfortune - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
• Not up to par - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• "___ bite!" - used 13 times, most recently in 2020
• Unkindly - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Unlucky - used 13 times, most recently in 2013
• Feeling off - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Queasy - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Sick as a dog - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Afflicted - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Faulty. - used 11 times, most recently in 1999
• Feverish - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• Inauspicious - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• In a bad way - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Kind of temper or treatment - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Unpropitious. - used 9 times, most recently in 1987
• Bad - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
• Feeling crummy - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Feeling under the weather - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Not feeling great - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Not healthy - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Scarcely - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• "___ be in touch" - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Feeling feverish - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• In bed, maybe - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Peaked - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• __-at-ease (nervous) - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• "___ Be There" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Below par - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Bugged by a bug - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Feeling unwell - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Feverish, say - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Having a bug - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• In bad health - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• In need of a doctor - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Needing hospital care - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Not feeling 100% - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• On the sick list - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Requiring medical attention - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Start of a promise - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• Unsound - used 6 times, most recently in 2020

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.

• In the past - AGO, used 1,064 times
• In the style of - ALA, used 784 times
• "___ the season ..." - TIS, used 398 times
• To the ___ degree - NTH, used 389 times
• In the manner of - ALA, used 367 times
• "-- the ramparts ..." - OER, used 357 times

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