At the ready
The crossword clue "At the ready" is answered by ONALERT, a 7-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1960. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ONALERT
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ONALERT answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1960. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for ONALERT
Every other clue in this collection answered by ONALERT, most used first.
- Ready for action - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Vigilant - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Ready for anything - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Ready - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- On the line - ATSTAKE, used 61 times
- On the way - ENROUTE, used 59 times
- On the loose - ATLARGE, used 48 times
- To the extent that - ASFARAS, used 40 times
- Get ready - PREPARE, used 31 times
- Getty of "The Golden Girls" - ESTELLE, used 28 times
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