Hero sandwich
The crossword clue "Hero sandwich" is answered by SUB, a 3-letter entry. Used 16 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2010. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SUB
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SUB answer page.
Used 16 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2010. It appears in 4 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.
- GRINDER (1 uses in xd)
- POORBOY (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for SUB
Every other clue in this collection answered by SUB, most used first.
- Long sandwich - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Long lunch? - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Hero - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- Stand-in - used 26 times, most recently in 2022
- Fill-in - used 23 times, most recently in 2021
- Second-stringer - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Deli order - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Benchwarmer - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Deli creation - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Deli sandwich - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Deli offering - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- U-boat, for one - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Sonar user - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Temp - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Hoagie - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Player coming off the bench, for short - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Red October, for one - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
- U-boat - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- Underwater vessel - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Grinder - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Pinch hitter - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Sizable sandwich - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Temp teacher - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Temp worker - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Undersea vessel - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- "Exodus" hero - ARI, used 357 times
- "The Matrix" hero - NEO, used 253 times
- El ___ (Spanish hero) - CID, used 89 times
- Sandwich bread - RYE, used 70 times
- Crunchy sandwich - BLT, used 68 times
- Uris hero - ARI, used 61 times
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