Old saw
The crossword clue "Old saw" is answered by ADAGE, a 5-letter entry. Used 46 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1931. It appears in 15 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ADAGE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ADAGE answer page.
Used 46 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1931. It appears in 15 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.
- MAXIM (2 uses in xd)
- AGEISJUSTANUMBER (1 uses in xd)
- CLICHE (1 uses in xd)
- PROVERB (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ADAGE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ADAGE, most used first.
- Old saying - used 127 times, most recently in 2026
- Proverb - used 105 times, most recently in 2026
- Saying - used 96 times, most recently in 2025
- Wise saying - used 91 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Old anesthetic - ETHER, used 156 times
- Old-womanish - ANILE, used 155 times
- Old enough - OFAGE, used 97 times
- "Old MacDonald" refrain - EIEIO, used 97 times
- Old photo tint - SEPIA, used 78 times
- Old-time anesthetic - ETHER, used 76 times
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