Prison problems
The crossword clue "Prison problems" is answered by RIOTS, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
RIOTS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RIOTS answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 2 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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Every other clue in this collection answered by RIOTS, most used first.
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- Uproars - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
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Related clues
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