In the past
The crossword clue "In the past" is answered by AGO, a 3-letter entry. Used 1,064 times across 58 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 54 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
AGO
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AGO answer page.
Used 1,064 times across 58 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 54 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 pilot link to their own answer page.
- ATONETIME (4 uses in xd)
- BEFORE (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for AGO
Every other clue in this pilot answered by AGO, most used first.
- Past - used 461 times, most recently in 2026
- Before now - used 273 times, most recently in 2026
- Gone by - used 133 times, most recently in 2020
- Back in time - used 102 times, most recently in 2026
- Before today - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Pilot clues 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 style of - ALA, used 784 times
- Under the weather - ILL, used 536 times
- "___ the season ..." - TIS, used 398 times
- To the ___ degree - NTH, used 389 times
- In the manner of - ALA, used 367 times
- "-- the ramparts ..." - OER, used 357 times
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