Going on

The answer

AFOOT

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AFOOT answer page.

Used 16 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1979. 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.

• DOING (2 uses in xd)
• OCCURRING (1 uses in xd)
• PRATING (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for AFOOT

Every other clue in this collection answered by AFOOT, most used first.

• In progress - used 146 times, most recently in 2026
• Underway - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
• Under way - used 37 times, most recently in 2024
• Happening - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• "The game is ___!" - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• In the works - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Brewing - used 18 times, most recently in 2015
• Underway, to Sherlock - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Walking - used 13 times, most recently in 2007
• On the move - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• "The game is ___" (Sherlock Holmes line) - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Happening now - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• In motion - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• In progress, to Sherlock - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• In the offing - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Stirring - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Underway, to Holmes - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Going on, to Sherlock - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• In process - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• "The game is ___": Sherlock Holmes - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Underway, to Sherlock Holmes - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Get going - START, used 41 times
• The way things are going - TREND, used 31 times
• "Going to the dogs," e.g. - IDIOM, used 20 times
• The going rate? - SPEED, used 13 times
• Going rate? - SPEED, used 11 times
• Going up in smoke - AFIRE, used 10 times

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