Toward the rear
The crossword clue "Toward the rear" is answered by AFT, a 3-letter entry. Used 26 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1993. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
AFT
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AFT answer page.
Used 26 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1993. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for AFT
Every other clue in this collection answered by AFT, most used first.
- Toward the stern - used 153 times, most recently in 2026
- Sternward - used 116 times, most recently in 2026
- Astern - used 89 times, most recently in 2026
- Back at sea - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Toward the rudder - used 46 times, most recently in 2025
- Fore and __ - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Back, on a boat - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Toward the tail - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
- Back on board - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
- Fore's opposite - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
- Nautical direction - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
- Back of the boat - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Toward the tiller - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
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- In the manner of - ALA, used 367 times
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