Hot under the collar

The answer

MAD

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MAD answer page.

Used 29 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 8 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.

• IRATE (65 uses in xd)
• SORE (36 uses in xd)
• RILED (15 uses in xd)
• ANGRY (10 uses in xd)
• HETUP (7 uses in xd)

Other clues for MAD

Every other clue in this collection answered by MAD, most used first.

• Angry - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
• Fuming - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
• Irate - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
• Furious - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• "Spy vs. Spy" magazine - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Frenzied - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• Ticked off - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Alfred E. Neuman's magazine - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
• Insane - used 32 times, most recently in 2024
• Seething - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Crazy - used 29 times, most recently in 2023
• Steamed - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Seeing red - used 21 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• In the past - AGO, used 1,064 times
• In the style of - ALA, used 784 times
• Under the weather - ILL, used 536 times
• "___ the season ..." - TIS, used 398 times
• To the ___ degree - NTH, used 389 times
• In the manner of - ALA, used 367 times

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