In times past

The answer

AGO

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AGO answer page.

Used 39 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 15 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.

• ONCE (20 uses in xd)
• YORE (3 uses in xd)

Other clues for AGO

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

• In the past - used 1,064 times, most recently in 2026
• 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
• Long, long __ - used 91 times, most recently in 2026
• Before today - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
• "A long time ___ in a galaxy far, far away ... " - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• "Four score and seven years ___ ... " - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• In days past - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• "Long ___ and far away ..." - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Not long __; recently - used 29 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.

• Good times - UPS, used 103 times
• Boom times - UPS, used 84 times
• Is in the past? - WAS, used 41 times
• X, at times - TEN, used 40 times
• Amount past due? - TRE, used 30 times
• Heir, at times - SON, used 27 times

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