On the ball — Crossword Clue

Last seen 22nd Dec 2025Wall Street Journal

Stuck on the 5–letter crossword clue “On the ball”? This page covers its appearance in Wall Street Journal on 22nd Dec 2025. You can reveal the answer at your pace — one letter at a time or the whole word in one go. We also provide helpful extras where available: an AI-generated hint, a dictionary definition, other clues that share the same answer, and a jumbled-letters view for quick anagramming.

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The answer to “On the ball” is AWARE (5 letters).

We last saw “On the ball” in Wall Street Journal on 22nd Dec 2025.

The 5-letter answer for “On the ball” is AWARE.

Other possible answers we’ve seen for “On the ball” include ALERT, SHARP, SMART, ALIVE, AWAKE.

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