Still a contender
The crossword clue "Still a contender" is answered by INIT, a 4-letter entry. Used 10 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; 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
INIT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the INIT answer page.
Used 10 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; 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 INIT
Every other clue in this collection answered by INIT, most used first.
- "What's ___ for me?" - used 264 times, most recently in 2026
- Monogram pt. - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Still competing - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Monogram ltr. - used 29 times, most recently in 2019
- Not yet eliminated - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Pt. of a monogram - used 19 times, most recently in 2022
- Still competitive - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Still contending - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Participating - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- "Put a sock ___!" - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ for the long haul - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Put one's foot ___. - used 12 times, most recently in 2007
- ___ for the money - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
- Rolling ___ (rich) - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- 1st letter - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
- First ltr. - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- "I'm only __ for the money." - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
- Not out of contention - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Shania Twain's "(If You're Not ___ for Love) I'm Outta Here!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Still alive - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Still fighting - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Still with a chance to win - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- "There's no future __" - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
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.
- Still-life subject - EWER, used 35 times
- Still-life fruit - PEAR, used 23 times
- Still-life subject - VASE, used 23 times
- Still sleeping - ABED, used 21 times
- Still - EVEN, used 20 times
- Contender - VIER, used 15 times
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