Air traffic aid

The answer

RADAR

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RADAR answer page.

Used 15 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2013. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for RADAR

Every other clue in this collection answered by RADAR, most used first.

• Doppler device - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
• "M*A*S*H" role - used 28 times, most recently in 2024
• Detection device - used 26 times, most recently in 2018
• Speed checker - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Speed reader? - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Storm tracker - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Speed trap device - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• "M*A*S*H" character - used 16 times, most recently in 2015
• Speeder's nemesis - used 16 times, most recently in 2022
• Detecting device - used 15 times, most recently in 2004
• "M*A*S*H" clerk - used 15 times, most recently in 2019
• Speed detector - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Speeder spotter - used 15 times, most recently in 2018
• Weather aid - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Storm-tracking device - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Tracking device - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
• Control tower device - used 12 times, most recently in 2018
• Plane tracker - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Airplane tracking device - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• "M*A*S*H" corporal O'Reilly - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Plane-tracking device - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Speeder's bane - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Airport aid - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Clerk of the 4077th - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Forecasting aid - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Meteorologist's tool - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Air traffic control device - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Fly under the ___ - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Navigation aid - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Control-tower tracking device - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Kind of gun - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• "M*A*S*H" corporal - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Meteorological tool - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

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.

• Up in the air - ALOFT, used 124 times
• In the air - ALOFT, used 82 times
• Traffic light color - AMBER, used 38 times
• Traffic tie-up - SNARL, used 35 times
• Mountain air? - YODEL, used 34 times
• Air freshener brand - GLADE, used 33 times

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