On the briny
The crossword clue "On the briny" is answered by ASEA, a 4-letter entry. Used 364 times across 61 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 29 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ASEA
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ASEA answer page.
Used 364 times across 61 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 29 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.
- BYSEA (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ASEA
Every other clue in this collection answered by ASEA, most used first.
- Cruising - used 278 times, most recently in 2026
- On the ocean - used 194 times, most recently in 2026
- Sailing - used 158 times, most recently in 2026
- Between ports - used 137 times, most recently in 2026
- On a cruise - used 96 times, most recently in 2026
- Out of port - used 87 times, most recently in 2025
- On the main - used 72 times, most recently in 2021
- On the deep. - used 54 times, most recently in 2022
- Lost - used 49 times, most recently in 2024
- Befuddled - used 44 times, most recently in 2023
- Offshore - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Confused - used 35 times, most recently in 2020
- Voyaging - used 34 times, most recently in 2021
- Under sail - used 33 times, most recently in 2019
- On the bounding main - used 30 times, most recently in 2021
- Bewildered - used 28 times, most recently in 2023
- Not docked - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Not in port - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Away from port - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
- Far from shore - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Perplexed - used 22 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
- In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
- From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
- Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
- Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times
- Back of the neck - NAPE, used 264 times
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