Put up a fight
The crossword clue "Put up a fight" is answered by RESIST, a 6-letter entry. Used 20 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
RESIST
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RESIST answer page.
Used 20 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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- RESISTED (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for RESIST
Every other clue in this collection answered by RESIST, most used first.
- Stand up to - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Withstand - used 22 times, most recently in 2021
- Oppose - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Fight back - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Defy - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Fight against - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Buck - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Fight temptation - 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.
- Put away - STORED, used 39 times
- Put under - SEDATE, used 38 times
- Put away - STOWED, used 31 times
- Put up with - ABIDED, used 31 times
- Put into words - STATED, used 26 times
- Put a value on - ASSESS, used 25 times
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