Do a double take, e.g.
The crossword clue "Do a double take, e.g." is answered by REACT, a 5-letter entry. Used 14 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
REACT
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Used 14 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for REACT
Every other clue in this collection answered by REACT, most used first.
- Respond - used 59 times, most recently in 2024
- Do a double take - used 39 times, most recently in 2015
- Respond to a stimulus - used 35 times, most recently in 2024
- Flinch, say - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Give feedback - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Change, chemically - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Gasp, say - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Respond to stimuli - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Don't just stand there - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
- Flinch, perhaps - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Strike back - used 11 times, most recently in 2012
- Acknowledge a stimulus - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- Flinch, e.g. - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Undergo chemical change - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
- Do a double take, say - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Duck, say - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Show emotion - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Do something - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Respond (to) - used 7 times, most recently in 2005
- Undergo a chemical change - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Do a spit take, say - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Respond to stimulus - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Take countermeasures - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
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.
- Take care of - SEETO, used 337 times
- Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
- Take place - OCCUR, used 121 times
- Take as one's own - ADOPT, used 111 times
- Take it easy - RELAX, used 103 times
- Take the helm - STEER, used 78 times
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