The Clue
Ready for conflict (5 letter answer)
The Answer
ARMED
Tags
Notes
The answer ARMED is seen frequently, appearing about once every 160 puzzles.
Related Clues
Carrying
___ and dangerous
___ forces
Fortified
Mailed
Packing
___ to the teeth
Anagram for dream
Bristling with weapons
Carrying guns
Carrying a weapon
Equipped with a heater?
Having heat?
Having a heater
Having weapons
Holding heat
Kind of band
Kind of guard
PAcking guns
Packing heat
Packing a rod
Partner of dangerous
Pistol-packing
Prepared for battle
Prepared for combat
Provided weapons
Ready for battle
Ready to fight
Supplied with weapons
Well-prepared
1947 Horse of the Year
Holding one's piece
Like certain forces
Like most combatants
"Thrice is he ___ . . . ": Shak.
Definition
ARM as a verb:
1. (arm, build up, fortify, gird) = prepare oneself for a military confrontation; "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"; "troops are building up on the Iraqi border"
2. supply with arms; "The U.S. armed the freedom fighters in Afghanistan"
ARMED as an adjective:
1. (used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms; "armed robbery"
2. having arms or arms as specified; used especially in combination; "the many-armed goddess Shiva"
3. (used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns