British submachine gun
The crossword clue "British submachine gun" is answered by STEN, a 4-letter entry. Used 49 times across 26 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1990. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
STEN
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STEN answer page.
Used 49 times across 26 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1990. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- BREN (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for STEN
Every other clue in this collection answered by STEN, most used first.
- British gun - used 246 times, most recently in 2025
- British carbine - used 60 times, most recently in 2014
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