Grace under pressure
The crossword clue "Grace under pressure" is answered by POISE, a 5-letter entry. Used 28 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
POISE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the POISE answer page.
Used 28 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for POISE
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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.
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- Two under par - EAGLE, used 63 times
- Under siege - BESET, used 44 times
- Brings under control - TAMES, used 42 times
- Brought under control - TAMED, used 41 times
- Under way - AFOOT, used 37 times
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