Retired for the night
The crossword clue "Retired for the night" is answered by ABED, a 4-letter entry. Used 16 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1986. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
ABED
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ABED answer page.
Used 16 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1986. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- TURNEDIN (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ABED
Every other clue in this collection answered by ABED, most used first.
- Retired - used 95 times, most recently in 2016
- In the sack - used 70 times, most recently in 2025
- Not up - used 65 times, most recently in 2025
- Under the covers - used 50 times, most recently in 2024
- Sleeping - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
- Not up yet - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
- Tucked in - used 38 times, most recently in 2023
- All tucked in - used 34 times, most recently in 2023
- Sacked out - used 25 times, most recently in 2022
- Not yet up - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Still sleeping - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Resting - used 19 times, most recently in 2016
- Tucked in for the night - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Still in the sack - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Laid up - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
- Out for the night - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
- Between the sheets - used 9 times, most recently in 2011
- In dreamland - used 9 times, most recently in 2007
- In for the night - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
- Lying, maybe - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Still snoozing - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Under covers - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
- Not yet risen - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Snoozing - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Still under cover - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- For fear that - LEST, used 503 times
- Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
- In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
- On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
- From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
- Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
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