Like the Arctic
The crossword clue "Like the Arctic" is answered by POLAR, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
POLAR
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the POLAR answer page.
Used 9 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- FRIGID (2 uses in xd)
- UPNORTH (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for POLAR
Every other clue in this collection answered by POLAR, most used first.
- Kind of bear - used 34 times, most recently in 2024
- Pivotal - used 32 times, most recently in 2004
- Arctic - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- From the Arctic - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ bear - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
- Opposite - used 17 times, most recently in 2021
- ___ opposites - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Arctic or Antarctic - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Of the Arctic or Antarctic - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Frigid - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Of the Arctic - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- On top of the world? - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Completely opposite - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Opposite in character - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Totally opposite - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
- Extremely cold - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Like some opposites - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Antithetical - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- __ bear (Arctic mammal) - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Diametrically opposed - used 9 times, most recently in 2011
- Diametrically opposite - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- "The ___ Express" - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Type of bear - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
- Kind of bear or cap - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
- Like extreme opposites - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- In the know - AWARE, used 356 times
- To the point - TERSE, used 194 times
- Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
- Cream of the crop - ELITE, used 175 times
- In the lead - AHEAD, used 166 times
- Of the kidneys - RENAL, used 166 times
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