British weapon
The crossword clue "British weapon" is answered by STEN, a 4-letter entry. Used 28 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2007; first recorded in 1976. It appears in 8 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 28 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2007; first recorded in 1976. It appears in 8 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 (3 uses in xd)
- STENGUN (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
- British submachine gun - used 49 times, most recently in 2025
- Anna of "Nana" - used 42 times, most recently in 2019
- WWII weapon - used 27 times, most recently in 2021
- Tommy's gun - used 22 times, most recently in 2014
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.
- Fencing weapon - EPEE, used 131 times
- British noble - EARL, used 128 times
- Gaucho's weapon - BOLA, used 99 times
- British prep school - ETON, used 92 times
- British nobleman - EARL, used 62 times
- Fencer's weapon - EPEE, used 61 times
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