Standing by
The crossword clue "Standing by" is answered by ONICE, a 5-letter entry. Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ONICE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ONICE answer page.
Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for ONICE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ONICE, most used first.
- In reserve - used 147 times, most recently in 2026
- Chilling - used 94 times, most recently in 2026
- Chilled - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- In the cooler - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
- Kept in reserve - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- In abeyance - used 25 times, most recently in 2021
- In readiness - used 22 times, most recently in 2023
- In the bag - used 18 times, most recently in 2015
- Reserved - used 18 times, most recently in 2014
- Being chilled - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Not neat - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Chilling, as champagne - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Held in reserve - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Cinched - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
- Not being used - used 10 times, most recently in 2008
- Reserved or preserved - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Being chilled, as champagne - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- In safekeeping - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
- Being kept cold - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Getting chilled, as wine - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Chilling like champagne - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Like champagne in a bucket - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Preserved for later - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
- Tabled - 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.
- Standing tall - ERECT, used 71 times
- Standing straight - ERECT, used 54 times
- Standing upright - ERECT, used 50 times
- Standing - ERECT, used 31 times
- Standing up straight - ERECT, used 31 times
- Standing upright - ONEND, used 20 times
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