Unlikely to defect
The crossword clue "Unlikely to defect" is answered by LOYAL, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LOYAL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LOYAL answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for LOYAL
Every other clue in this collection answered by LOYAL, most used first.
- Faithful - used 73 times, most recently in 2026
- True-blue - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- True - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Devoted - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Steadfast - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Trustworthy - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- True to the cause - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
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.
- Unlikely to react - INERT, used 8 times
- Unlikely donor - MISER, used 6 times
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