Like a new recruit

The answer

RAW

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RAW answer page.

Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 5 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.

• FAW (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for RAW

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

• Uncooked - used 281 times, most recently in 2026
• Unrefined - used 94 times, most recently in 2026
• Inexperienced - used 66 times, most recently in 2025
• Like sashimi - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
• Cold and damp - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Like steak tartare - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Unprocessed - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Rarer than rare - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Not cooked - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Unedited - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Untrained - used 26 times, most recently in 2021
• Crude - used 24 times, most recently in 2020
• Like sushi - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Wet behind the ears - used 20 times, most recently in 2021
• Green - used 19 times, most recently in 2015
• Bitterly cold - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Bleak. - used 17 times, most recently in 1984
• Damp and chilly - used 17 times, most recently in 2022
• Like new recruits - used 15 times, most recently in 2016
• Uncivilized - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Cold and wet - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Kind of deal - used 13 times, most recently in 2006
• Like some deals - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
• Unprocessed, as data - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Cold and blustery - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
• Unpolished - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• How sashimi is served - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Coarse - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• How oysters are often served - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Undeveloped - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Untested - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Weather word. - used 8 times, most recently in 1968
• Blustery - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• Inflamed - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
• Lacking experience - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Like crunchy carrots - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Like sushi fish - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Like veggies on a veggie platter - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Not even half-baked - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Not even rare - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Unprepared - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Not refined - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Unedited, as footage - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Unvarnished - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

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• New beginning? - NEO, used 83 times

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