Bench-clearing incident
The crossword clue "Bench-clearing incident" is answered by SETTO, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SETTO
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SETTO answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 3 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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Other clues for SETTO
Every other clue in this collection answered by SETTO, most used first.
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- Brief brawl - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Altercation - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
- Brief fight - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
- Fight - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Fracas - used 26 times, most recently in 2011
- Brief argument - used 25 times, most recently in 2022
- Brief tussle - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Bout - used 21 times, most recently in 2010
- Brief quarrel - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Heated argument - used 18 times, most recently in 2011
- Scrap - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- Squabble - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Argument - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Brouhaha - used 14 times, most recently in 2014
- Donnybrook - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
- Dustup - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Fistfight - used 13 times, most recently in 2012
- Melee - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Rhubarb - used 13 times, most recently in 2009
- Spat - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
- Begin. - used 11 times, most recently in 2008
- Brief squabble - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Petty quarrel - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
- Scuffle - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Heated conflict - used 10 times, most recently in 2011
- Brief conflict - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
- Fist fight - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
- Fray - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- Row - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Sharp argument - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
- Brief fracas - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
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.
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- Incident - EVENT, used 22 times
- Throat-clearing sounds - AHEMS, used 22 times
- Kagan on the bench - ELENA, used 14 times
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