Contesting teams
The crossword clue "Contesting teams" is answered by SIDES, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2006; first recorded in 1977. 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
SIDES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SIDES answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2006; first recorded in 1977. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SIDES
Every other clue in this collection answered by SIDES, most used first.
- Factions - used 54 times, most recently in 2025
- Flanks - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Opposing teams - used 13 times, most recently in 2014
- Teams - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Agrees (with) - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Facets - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Slaw and fries - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Baseball teams - NINES, used 24 times
- Rowing teams - CREWS, used 14 times
- Ball teams - NINES, used 6 times
- Regatta teams - CREWS, used 6 times
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