In the way of
The crossword clue "In the way of" is answered by ALA, a 3-letter entry. Used 28 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
ALA
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALA answer page.
Used 28 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ALA
Every other clue in this collection answered by ALA, most used first.
- In the style of - used 784 times, most recently in 2026
- Pie ___ mode - used 424 times, most recently in 2026
- In the manner of - used 367 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ carte - used 294 times, most recently in 2026
- Chicken ___ king - used 279 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ mode - used 149 times, most recently in 2026
- Carte lead-in - used 139 times, most recently in 2026
- Copying - used 130 times, most recently in 2026
- Menu phrase - used 120 times, most recently in 2026
- Imitating - used 90 times, most recently in 2026
- Taking after - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
- Pie ___ mode (2 wds.) - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
- __ carte menu - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
- Miss. neighbor - used 54 times, most recently in 2024
- Styled after - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
- Carte start - used 52 times, most recently in 2024
- Apple pie ___ mode - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Just like - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Mode lead-in - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Chicken ___ king (2 wds.) - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Cookbook phrase - used 41 times, most recently in 2021
- Fla. neighbor - used 38 times, most recently in 2024
- Emulating - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Menu words - used 36 times, most recently in 2018
- In the fashion of - used 30 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.
- In the past - AGO, used 1,064 times
- By way of - VIA, used 728 times
- Under the weather - ILL, used 536 times
- "___ the season ..." - TIS, used 398 times
- To the ___ degree - NTH, used 389 times
- "-- the ramparts ..." - OER, used 357 times
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