On one's guard
The crossword clue "On one's guard" is answered by WARY, a 4-letter entry. Used 36 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
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WARY
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WARY answer page.
Used 36 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for WARY
Every other clue in this collection answered by WARY, most used first.
- Cautious - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
- Guarded - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Suspicious - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
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- Put one's foot down - STEP, used 57 times
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