Debate issue
The crossword clue "Debate issue" is answered by TOPIC, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2023. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TOPIC
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TOPIC answer page.
Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2023. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for TOPIC
Every other clue in this collection answered by TOPIC, most used first.
- Subject - used 119 times, most recently in 2026
- Subject matter - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Something to talk about - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Subject for discussion - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Theme - used 16 times, most recently in 2011
- Agenda item - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Subject of discussion - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Talking point - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Discussion subject - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Conversation subject - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Subject being discussed - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Issue to discuss - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Issue - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- It's debatable - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Subject of conversation - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Debate - ARGUE, used 94 times
- Debate topic - ISSUE, used 81 times
- Became an issue - AROSE, used 26 times
- Have a debate - ARGUE, used 14 times
- Counter in a debate - REBUT, used 12 times
- Matter of debate - ISSUE, used 12 times
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