". . . happily ever __"

The answer

AFTER

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

Used 21 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for AFTER

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

• Following - used 149 times, most recently in 2026
• In pursuit of - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
• Subsequently - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Pursuing - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Later on - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• In search of - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Chasing - used 27 times, most recently in 2023
• On the trail of - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
• Subsequent to - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Last word of many fairy tales - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Later - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
• Miller's "___ the Fall" - used 10 times, most recently in 1996
• Behind - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• ___-dinner mint - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• In honor of - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Later than - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Gunning for - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
• The slim picture - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Time __ time; repeatedly - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• A little later - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Fairy tale closer - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Not before - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Diet ad photo caption - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• In imitation of - used 6 times, most recently in 2003
• Intro to math? - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Next - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Out to get - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Seeking - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Succeeding - used 6 times, most recently in 2022

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.

• Ever - ATALL, used 31 times
• "... said __ ever" - NOONE, used 16 times

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