Just in case
The crossword clue "Just in case" is answered by LEST, a 4-letter entry. Used 18 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025. 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
LEST
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LEST answer page.
Used 18 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025. 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.
- TOBESAFE (4 uses in xd)
- IFNEEDBE (1 uses in xd)
- INCESSANCIES (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for LEST
Every other clue in this collection answered by LEST, most used first.
- For fear that - used 503 times, most recently in 2026
- "___ we forget" - used 354 times, most recently in 2026
- In case - used 151 times, most recently in 2026
- Out of concern that - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- "___ we forget" (Kipling) - used 21 times, most recently in 2019
- "Judge not, ___ ye be judged" - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- It may come before we forget - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
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.
- Needle case - ETUI, used 240 times
- In that case - IFSO, used 231 times
- Just - ONLY, used 190 times
- Just slightly - ATAD, used 134 times
- In that case - THEN, used 97 times
- Small case - ETUI, used 92 times
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