Clues for the word "SORTIE"
We've had 48 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 89 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on September 30, 2026.
Definition of sortie
- n. - The sudden issuing of a body of troops, usually small, from a besieged place to attack or harass the besiegers; a sally.
Referring Clues
- Troop movement
- Raid
- Incursion
- Kind, that is to say, of military operation
- Bombing run
- Operational flight
- Attack from the air
- Foray
- Airman's assignment
- Rapid counterattack
- Fighter pilot's mission
- Warplane mission
- Pilot's mission
- Combat mission
- Quick raid
- Sally
- Military raid
- Military raid
- Military raid
- Air raid
- Aerial combat mission
- Combat pilot's flight
- Air mission
- Military counterassault
- Military mission
- Sudden attack
- Air combat mission
- Military raid from a strongpoint
- Military attack
- Combat flight
- Operational flight by a single aircraft
- Fire pilot's misson
- Aerial mission
- Sudden attack by troops
- Brand that is going out
- Tories could be on the attack
- Bombing raid
- Sally is kind, that is evident
- Sally rejoins Tories
- Certain military strike
- The kind, that is, for outgoing soldiers
- Place for an ace
- Aerial attack
- A sally
- B-52 mission
- Company outing?
- Sally of a kind, that is
- French exit
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - September 30, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - August 05, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - July 11, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - June 30, 2026
- New York Times - May 08, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - March 17, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - March 03, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - February 27, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - February 02, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - December 02, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 27, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 07, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - April 22, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - March 16, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - February 27, 2024
- LA Times - January 12, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - November 08, 2023
- LA Times - November 04, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - March 21, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - March 11, 2023
- LA Times - December 21, 2022
- Evening Standard Quick - October 12, 2022
- Penny Dell Sunday - September 04, 2022
- Evening Standard Easy - August 01, 2022
- Washington Post Classic - December 24, 2017
- LA Times - December 17, 2017
- Guardian Quick - November 11, 2017
- Universal - April 10, 2017
- Universal - January 28, 2017
- Netword - November 27, 2016
- And in 59 more crossword puzzles...