Standing by
The crossword clue "Standing by" is answered by ONCALL, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ONCALL
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ONCALL answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for ONCALL
Every other clue in this collection answered by ONCALL, most used first.
- Available if needed - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Available - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- At the ready - used 6 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.
- Social standing - STATUS, used 25 times
- Standing - REPUTE, used 17 times
- Of long standing - AGEOLD, used 7 times
- Long-standing - AGEOLD, used 6 times
- Not standing - SEATED, used 6 times
- "People of the Standing Stone" - ONEIDA, used 6 times
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