Under way (5 letters)

{ Answer }

AFOOT

{ Related Clues }

In action
Brewing
"The game is ___"
Going on
Happening
On the move
In progress
Stirring
Underway
Walking
In the wind
In the works
"The game is ___": Holmes
On shank's mare
"Come Watson, the game is ___"
"The game is ___": Sherlock Holmes
Like the game, to Sherlock
Via shank's mare
"...Watson, come! The game is ___"
What the game may be

{ Tags }

afoot, be, brewing, come, game, going, happening, holmes, mare, may, move, progress, shanks, sherlock, stirring, under, underway, walking, watson, way, works

{ Notes }

The answer AFOOT is common and appears about once every 225 puzzles.

{ Definition }

AFOOT as an adjective:

1. traveling by foot; "she was afoot when I saw her this morning"

2. (afoot, underway) = currently in progress; "there is mischief afoot"; "plans are afoot"; "preparations for the trial are underway"

AFOOT as an adverb:

1. on foot; walking; "they went to the village afoot"; "quail are hunted either afoot or on horseback"