In the offing
The crossword clue "In the offing" is answered by AFOOT, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1966. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
AFOOT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AFOOT answer page.
Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1966. It appears in 5 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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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
- Going on - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- 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
- 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.
- In the know - AWARE, used 356 times
- To the point - TERSE, used 194 times
- Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
- Cream of the crop - ELITE, used 175 times
- In the lead - AHEAD, used 166 times
- Of the kidneys - RENAL, used 166 times
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