Prepares for a bout
The crossword clue "Prepares for a bout" is answered by SPARS, a 5-letter entry. Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1988. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
SPARS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SPARS answer page.
Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1988. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for SPARS
Every other clue in this collection answered by SPARS, most used first.
- Ship poles - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Practices boxing - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Boxes - used 21 times, most recently in 2007
- Practices for a bout - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Shadowboxes - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Bandies words - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
- Prepares for a fight - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Trades jabs - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Masts - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Coast Guard women - used 7 times, most recently in 1988
- Practices in the ring - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Wrangles - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Practices punching - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Rigging supports - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Trains in a ring - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Trains in the ring - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
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- Fit for a king - REGAL, used 114 times
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