As a backup
The crossword clue "As a backup" is answered by INCASE, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2018. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
INCASE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the INCASE answer page.
Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2018. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for INCASE
Every other clue in this collection answered by INCASE, most used first.
- As a precaution - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- If - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
- To be safe - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Lest - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- "___ of fire, break glass" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Supposing that. - used 7 times, most recently in 1968
- For safety's sake - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Should it happen that - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
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