Improvise on stage
The crossword clue "Improvise on stage" is answered by ADLIB, a 5-letter entry. Used 26 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ADLIB
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ADLIB answer page.
Used 26 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for ADLIB
Every other clue in this collection answered by ADLIB, most used first.
- Wing it - used 102 times, most recently in 2025
- Improvise - used 98 times, most recently in 2026
- Go off script - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
- Off-the-cuff - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Extemporize - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Speak off the cuff - used 38 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.
- Stage direction - ENTER, used 165 times
- Stage whisper - ASIDE, used 129 times
- Stage - PHASE, used 74 times
- Initial stage - ONSET, used 66 times
- Insect stage - IMAGO, used 63 times
- Insect stage - LARVA, used 56 times
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