Guarded
The crossword clue "Guarded" is answered by LEERY, a 5-letter entry. Used 17 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LEERY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LEERY answer page.
Used 17 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 7 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.
- CAUTIOUS (4 uses in xd)
- CAREFUL (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for LEERY
Every other clue in this collection answered by LEERY, most used first.
- Suspicious - used 173 times, most recently in 2026
- Distrustful - used 72 times, most recently in 2026
- Skeptical - used 46 times, most recently in 2025
- Suspicious (of) - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Apprehensive - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Wary - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Smelling a rat - used 15 times, most recently in 2019
- Cautious - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- On one's guard - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
- Wary: Slang. - used 10 times, most recently in 1966
- None too trusting - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Not fully trusting - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Like a doubting Thomas - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Mistrustful - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- A little suspicious - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
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.
- Blades with guarded tips - EPEES, used 7 times
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