Sub finder
The crossword clue "Sub finder" is answered by SONAR, a 5-letter entry. Used 20 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1988. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SONAR
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SONAR answer page.
Used 20 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1988. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SONAR
Every other clue in this collection answered by SONAR, most used first.
- Sub detector - used 73 times, most recently in 2026
- Submarine detector - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
- Sub system - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Ping producer - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Detection device - used 29 times, most recently in 2023
- Echolocation device - used 17 times, most recently in 2022
- Sub tracker - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
- Submarine tracking device - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Sub tracking device - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Fish finder - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
- Submarine device - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Underwater detection system - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Underwater detector - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Coast Guard equipment - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Navigational aid - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
- Whale finder - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Submarine locator - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Submarine tracker - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Detecting device - used 7 times, most recently in 2003
- Echolocation - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Sub standard? - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Submarine finder - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- U-boat detector - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Navigation device - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Sub's "ears" - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
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.
- WWII sub - UBOAT, used 105 times
- German sub - UBOAT, used 88 times
- Sub - UBOAT, used 25 times
- Sub shops - DELIS, used 17 times
- Seat finder - USHER, used 12 times
- Sub stations - DELIS, used 11 times
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