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SOS

247 recorded uses

DateClue
2026-08-11Castaway's call
2026-07-30___ pad
2026-07-27Signal at sea
2026-05-31Help-wanted letters
2026-05-22Sign of desperation
2026-04-20...---... in Morse
2026-03-03"Come to our rescue!"
2026-01-11Hit title for Abba or Rihanna
2025-12-02"Please help!"
2025-09-29Castaway's call for help
2025-08-22A little "Help here!"?
2025-06-26Brillo competitor
2025-05-03Cry for help
2025-04-29"Hel-l-lp!"
2025-04-23Letters written in the sand, maybe
2025-03-18"Help!"
2025-03-15Help line?
2025-02-17"Please send assistance A.S.A.P.!"
2025-01-12Cry for help
2024-12-21This means trouble
2024-12-05"Help wanted" sign?
2024-10-13Castaway's call
2024-09-15Lost-at-sea plea
2024-08-17Cry for help
2024-08-04••• – – – •••
2024-04-03Message communicated as "short-short-short, long-long-long, short-short-short"
2024-01-01"Rescue us!"
2023-12-14A call for help
2023-12-05"Mayday!"
2023-11-18Hit song title for Abba or Rihanna
2023-10-14Adoption of the International Radiotelegraph Convention in 1906
2023-10-03"Help!"
2023-08-09Brillo competitor
2023-06-20Distress call
2023-06-15Palindromic plea
2023-06-04"Help!"
2023-04-12Help line?
2023-01-20Letters that shouldn't be written big for air rescue (a single V or X is best)
2023-01-04Letters requesting help
2022-12-03Kind of pad
2022-11-20...---...
2022-11-14Letters spelled out with rocks on a desert island, in cartoons
2022-07-03Sea plea
2022-02-04A call for help
2021-10-26Castaway's "Help!"
2021-09-01Message often written in large letters
2021-08-23"Help!"
2021-08-10[Send assistance!]
2021-07-01Rihanna's first #1 single
2021-05-17... --- ...
2021-01-25Emergency call in Morse code
2021-01-20Brillo rival
2020-12-27Brand of pads
2020-11-07Letters often meant to be read from afar
2020-10-19Classic distress call
2020-09-29Message in Morse code, maybe
2020-09-26Impetus for a rescue mission
2020-09-11Title of hits by Abba and Rihanna
2020-08-17"We need help!"
2020-07-26Nine-symbol message
2020-05-13... --- ...
2020-03-01Help line?
2020-02-28Help wanted sign
2020-02-14Message in smoke signals, maybe
2020-01-07Call to the U.S.C.G.
2019-09-08Sea plea
2019-04-07Critical message that's a hint to the six longest entries in this puzzle
2019-02-28Kind of pad
2019-02-25Help wanted sign?
2019-01-17Plea at sea
2018-12-05Call for help
2018-10-21Three short, three long, three short
2018-09-30"Mamma Mia!" song that begins "Where are those happy days?"
2018-08-14"Help us!," at sea
2018-07-08Message in a bottle, maybe
2018-06-06Pot-scrubbing brand
2018-02-21Call to the Coast Guard
2018-02-18Request for aid
2017-12-19Dot-dot-dot, dash-dash-dash, dot-dot-dot
2017-12-15Plea at sea
2017-11-05Line in the sand?
2017-09-16Request for an island getaway?
2017-08-15Morse code plea
2017-07-23Message from the marooned
2017-07-17"Hel-l-lp!"
2016-12-03Message that might be spelled with rocks
2016-07-07Line in the sand?
2016-05-23"Help!," at sea
2016-05-04"Help!"
2016-02-22Emergency transmission
2016-02-18Rihanna's first #1 single
2016-02-14It has three dashes in the middle
2016-01-12Message that might be laid out in coconuts on a beach
2015-09-21Signal from a marooned sailor
2015-08-11Message spelled out with coconuts, maybe
2015-01-14Castaway's call
2014-12-27Sign of trouble
2014-12-17Maritime alert
2014-11-25Emergency signal
2014-10-19Rescue party prompter
2014-08-20"Hel-l-l-lp!"
2014-04-06Signal that replaced "CQD"
2014-02-17Emergency call
2013-07-11Rihanna's first #1 Billboard single
2013-07-03"Mamma Mia!" number
2013-05-24Stranded message?
2013-02-26Urgent dispatch
2012-10-04Help-wanted letters
2012-09-16Response to a sinking feeling?
2012-09-06Long-distance call?
2012-08-28Plea at sea
2012-08-25Letters from desperate people
2012-08-12Castaway's message
2012-07-01"I'll send an ___ to the world" (Police lyric)
2012-06-02Plea before going under
2012-04-11"Help!" at sea
2012-03-09Plea for aid
2012-01-13Foundering call
2011-11-13Emergency broadcast
2011-09-04Kind of pad
2011-06-28"Send help!"
2011-04-23Song in "Mamma Mia!"
2011-03-29Message on the beach of a remote island, maybe
2011-02-09"Sending out an ___" (repeated Police lyric)
2011-01-23Call letters?
2011-01-09Message in a bottle
2010-09-22___ pad
2010-08-17"Help!"... and a hint to 17-, 27-, 42- and 53-Across
2010-08-12See 38-Across
2010-08-08"Mamma Mia!" song
2010-08-07Help-wanted indication
2010-07-22*Rihanna, 2006
2010-06-23"Sending out an ___" (much-repeated line in a Police hit)
2010-03-22"Hel-l-lp!"
2010-02-11Song from "Mamma Mia!"
2010-02-07Castaway's call
2010-01-20Tapped-out message, often
2009-03-30"Hel-l-lp!"
2009-03-19Pad name
2009-01-30911 call, e.g.
2008-11-17"Rescue me!"
2008-08-18Call for help
2008-08-17Cry when going down?
2008-04-10Three short, three long, three short
2008-02-03Titanic message
2007-12-26Brillo rival
2007-11-13Brillo alternative
2007-10-19Call in a calamity
2007-08-28"Help!"
2007-07-17"Help!"
2007-07-01Castaway's call
2007-06-01Emergency letters
2007-04-07Worrisome letters to send
2007-02-11"Help wanted" letters
2006-12-17Message in a bottle, maybe
2006-12-10Call for help
2006-08-03Marooned person's message
2006-07-17... --- …
2006-06-20Morse Mayday
2006-06-13Letters of distress
2006-06-04"Help wanted"
2005-10-17Shipwreck signal
2005-09-12Call for help
2005-07-23Message that's often repeated
2005-01-03"Send help!"
2004-10-31Sinker's call
2004-09-28Message from a desert isle, perhaps
2004-07-21Brillo rival
2004-06-09"Help!"
2004-05-25Distress signal
2004-04-19Letters of distress
2004-03-21It may be tapped out
2004-03-14Coast Guard concern
2004-02-03Plea at sea
2004-01-22Certain smoke signal
2004-01-15...
2003-12-28___ pad
2003-12-25···---···
2003-11-27It's sometimes written in the sand
2003-10-16"___ yer old man!"
2003-10-01"Help!"
2003-08-21Terse radio message
2003-05-26Emergency message
2003-01-17Kind of pad
2003-01-07"Help!"
2002-11-27Castaway's note
2002-09-181-Across song
2002-08-21Sea plea
2002-08-17Kind of pad
2002-05-17Kind of pad
2002-05-16Call for help
2002-03-25Brillo pad competitor
2001-12-31"H-E-L-P!"
2001-11-18Call at sea, maybe
2001-10-21Sturdy pad
2001-09-16Urgent message
2001-05-30"Help, quick!"
2001-05-18Alert asea
2000-12-05"Help!"
2000-11-05Call for help
2000-06-30Help wanted notice?
2000-02-28Message in a bottle?
2000-01-31Distress call
1999-11-03Message in a bottle?
1999-10-12... _ _ _ ...
1999-08-15"...and ___ yours!"
1998-11-18"Hel-l-l-lp!"
1998-08-28"___ Titanic" (1979 movie)
1998-05-17Brillo rival
1998-05-01..._ _ _...
1998-02-15Kind of pad
1997-11-20Urgent call
1997-10-13"Send help!"
1997-08-29"Help!"
1997-07-18Help wanted advertisement?
1996-12-25Smoke signal message, maybe
1996-10-04Message in a bottle?
1996-09-15Urgent message
1996-08-13"M'aidez," e.g.
1996-05-21Skipper's plea
1996-05-05Brillo rival
1996-03-21"___your old man!"
1996-03-12...---...
1996-02-03"Help!"
1995-12-07Message in a bottle, maybe
1995-11-27Brillo rival
1995-11-22Cousin of "Mayday!"
1995-05-23Cousin of "Mayday!"
1995-03-06Message from the Titanic
1995-01-09Morse code message
1995-01-04"Help!"
1995-01-02Stranded sailor's call
1994-12-25U.S.C.G. call
1994-12-15Abba hit song, 1975
1994-11-26Kind of pad
1994-11-23"Mayday!"
1994-11-07Castaway's call
1994-11-04Radio message
1994-08-28Call to the U.S.C.G.
1994-07-07Signal since 1912
1994-06-121975 Abba hit
1994-05-01"Mayday!"
1994-04-24Offshore A.P.B.
1994-04-16Kin of 911 call
1994-04-03Brillo rival
1994-02-02Message from the Titanic
1993-11-26"Mayday!"