Ring around the castle
The crossword clue "Ring around the castle" is answered by MOAT, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2008; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
MOAT
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Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2008; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for MOAT
Every other clue in this collection answered by MOAT, most used first.
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- Castle protection - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- Castle protector - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Castle surrounder - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Castle ditch - used 24 times, most recently in 2023
- Water around a castle - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Zoo barrier - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Defensive ditch - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Castle trench - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Water under the drawbridge - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Protective ditch - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
- Protective trench - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Castle's defense - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Ditch. - used 14 times, most recently in 1968
- Trench around a castle - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Water under the bridge? - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Castle feature - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Ditch around a castle - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Medieval defense - used 11 times, most recently in 2013
- Zoo trench - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Ring around a castle - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- A drawbridge may span one - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Castle circler - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Ditch under a drawbridge - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Rampart surrounder - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
- Tower of London feature - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
- In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
- On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
- From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
- Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
- Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times
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