In the sky
The crossword clue "In the sky" is answered by ALOFT, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ALOFT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALOFT answer page.
Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 7 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.
- UPABOVE (5 uses in xd)
Other clues for ALOFT
Every other clue in this collection answered by ALOFT, most used first.
- Up in the air - used 124 times, most recently in 2026
- In the air - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
- High up - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Overhead - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
- Soaring - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Up - used 25 times, most recently in 2021
- Up in the sky - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- High in the sky - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Flying - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
- On high - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Airborne - used 18 times, most recently in 2022
- In flight - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Among the clouds - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Flying high - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Skyward - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
- Over one's head - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- In the clouds - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Like an eagle in flight - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
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 know - AWARE, used 356 times
- To the point - TERSE, used 194 times
- Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
- Cream of the crop - ELITE, used 175 times
- In the lead - AHEAD, used 166 times
- Of the kidneys - RENAL, used 166 times
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