Wait patiently
The crossword clue "Wait patiently" is answered by ABIDE, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ABIDE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ABIDE answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 3 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.
- SITBY (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ABIDE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ABIDE, most used first.
- Tolerate - used 234 times, most recently in 2026
- Put up with - used 183 times, most recently in 2026
- Stomach - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Bear - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Endure - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Stand for - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Stand - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- __ by (obey) - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- "___ With Me" - used 18 times, most recently in 1997
- ___ by the rules - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Stay - used 15 times, most recently in 2008
- Remain - used 14 times, most recently in 2012
- Dwell - used 13 times, most recently in 2009
- Withstand - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- __ by (obey, as a law) - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Bear patiently - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Bear with patience - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
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.
- "Wait ___ Dark" - UNTIL, used 31 times
- Wait on - SERVE, used 25 times
- Lies in wait - LURKS, used 14 times
- ___ one's time (waits patiently) - BIDES, used 9 times
- "Good things come to ___ who wait" - THOSE, used 7 times
- Waits patiently - BIDES, used 7 times
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