Answer: SUB
SUB is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 152 times.
Referring Clues:
- Pinch hitter
 - Hero
 - Torpedo
 - Long sandwich
 - Stand in
 - Second-stringer
 - Relief
 - Fill-in
 - Grinder
 - K-19, for one
 - Sizable sandwich
 - Not a starter
 - Footlong, e.g.
 - Fill in
 - 40-Down, e.g.
 - Temp
 - Long lunch, for short
 - Large sandwich, for short
 - Come off the bench (for)
 - Lead-in for zero or prime
 - One may be needed after a sports injury
 - Diving craft
 - Undersea prowler
 - Stand-in
 - Chapter opener?
 - Spitball target?
 - Deli sandwich
 - Nonstarter
 - Benchwarmer
 - U-boat, e.g.
 - Bench rider
 - One may be needed after an injury
 - Deli offering
 - Red October, for one
 - Junior high temp
 - Ready replacement
 - Non-starter
 - Sonar user
 - Underwater vessel, briefly
 - Basketball's "sixth man"
 - Hero sandwich
 - Underwater craft
 - Temp teacher
 - Basketball's "sixth man," e.g.
 - Undersea craft
 - Deli choice
 - Guy on the bench
 - Teaching temp
 - Quiznos purchase
 - Backup
 - Watership down?
 - Captain Nemo's workplace
 - Classroom replacement
 - Undersea prowler, briefly
 - Torpedo, or its launcher
 - Large lunch sandwich, for short
 - Hefty sandwich
 - Undersea craft (Abbr.)
 - Undersea vessel
 - Long lunch?
 - Long lunch
 - Deli order
 - Navy vessel
 - Grinder's kin
 - Deli buy
 - Big sandwich, for short
 - Replacement
 - Hoagie
 - U-boat
 - Stand in (for)
 - Sit in (for)
 - Fill in (for)
 - Nemo's ship
 - 104-Across, for one
 - Voyager to the bottom of the sea
 - The Nautilus, for one
 - Craft with lethal tubes
 - "Das Boot" setting, briefly
 - Underwater craft, briefly
 - Bench warmer
 - Ocean traveler
 - Underwater boat, for short
 - Deli delight
 - Quiznos offering
 - Prefix for the answers to starred clues, and word needed for those clues to make sense
 - Prefix for way or marine
 - Easily pranked teacher, maybe
 - Pinch-hitter
 - U-boat, for one
 - Part of a Quiznos combo meal
 - Nautilus, e.g.
 - Backup, briefly
 - Classroom fill-in
 - Classroom temp
 - U-boat, for example
 - Fill in for the teacher
 - Underwater vessel, for short
 - Bench player, for short
 - Navy prowler
 - Deli hero
 - One coming off the bench
 - Foot-long lunch
 - Deli meal
 - See 56-Down
 - Temporary teacher
 - Deli creation
 - He'll give a starter a rest
 - Verne's lunch?
 - Clancy's Red October, e.g.
 - Classroom stand-in
 - Swap (out)
 - Teacher who may get no respect, informally
 - Hero in a deli
 - Second-stringer in the game
 - Underwater vessel
 - Go in (for)
 - Pinch hitter, e.g.
 - Down in front?
 - Any benchwarmer
 - Temp worker
 - Under goer?
 - "Sixth man" in basketball
 - Hero of the deli
 - Normal or Arctic preceder
 - Extended lunch?
 - Ashcan target
 - Pinch hitter, say
 - Quiznos order
 - Footlong, for one
 - Teacher on call
 - Hoagie, by another name
 - Quiznos sandwich
 - Periscope site
 - Jersey Mike's offering
 - Long sandwich, for short
 - Long order
 - Edible hero
 - The Crew: Mission Deep Sea vessel, informally
 - Vessel with a hatch, informally
 - Red October in "The Hunt for Red October," e.g.
 - Bit of income for a magazine, informally
 - Sammie
 - Sandwich from Jersey Mike's
 - Sandwich named for an underwater craft
 - Player coming off the bench, for short
 - Sandwich you really need two hands to eat
 - Hero to some
 - Fill-in teacher, informally
 - Teacher's cover
 - Fill-in teacher
 - Hero in a deli?
 - Teacher for just a day, informally
 
Last Seen In:
- USA Today - October 24, 2025
 - New York Times - September 23, 2025
 - USA Today - August 18, 2025
 - New York Times - July 01, 2025
 - LA Times - February 28, 2025
 - LA Times - February 23, 2025
 - USA Today - February 03, 2025
 - New York Times - October 09, 2024
 - LA Times - September 02, 2024
 - New York Times - July 23, 2024
 - New York Times - June 04, 2024
 - New York Times - May 15, 2024
 - USA Today - April 19, 2024
 - New York Times - February 07, 2024
 - LA Times - January 23, 2024
 - USA Today - October 30, 2023
 - USA Today - October 09, 2023
 - USA Today - August 17, 2023
 - LA Times - May 28, 2023
 - LA Times - April 23, 2023
 
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