Old saying
The crossword clue "Old saying" is answered by ADAGE, a 5-letter entry. Used 127 times across 33 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1966. It appears in 23 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
ADAGE
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Used 127 times across 33 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1966. It appears in 23 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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- MAXIM (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for ADAGE
Every other clue in this pilot answered by ADAGE, most used first.
- Wise saying - used 91 times, most recently in 2026
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