Getting older
The crossword clue "Getting older" is answered by AGING, a 5-letter entry. Used 18 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
AGING
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AGING answer page.
Used 18 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 9 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.
- AGEING (1 uses in xd)
- MATURING (1 uses in xd)
- SENESCENT (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for AGING
Every other clue in this collection answered by AGING, most used first.
- Getting on - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
- Winery process - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Getting on in years - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Maturing - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Growing older - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Geriatrics study - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Senescence - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Getting 100% on - ACING, used 19 times
- Attention-getting joint - ELBOW, used 12 times
- Attention-getting sounds - AHEMS, used 11 times
- Getting rid of - AXING, used 11 times
- Kids older than 12 - TEENS, used 11 times
- Attention-getting sounds - PSSTS, used 9 times
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