Bit of silliness
The crossword clue "Bit of silliness" is answered by ANTIC, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2004. 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
ANTIC
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ANTIC answer page.
Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for ANTIC
Every other clue in this collection answered by ANTIC, most used first.
- Caper - used 133 times, most recently in 2026
- Shenanigan - used 99 times, most recently in 2026
- Prank - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
- Playful prank - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Bit of tomfoolery - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Bit of high jinks - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Ludicrous - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
- Playful trick - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Bit of buffoonery - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
- Dido - used 15 times, most recently in 1996
- Escapade - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Monkeyshine - used 13 times, most recently in 2013
- Madcap - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Bit of clowning - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
- Bit of hijinks - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Bit of mischief - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Bit of monkey business - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Huxley's "___ Hay" - used 10 times, most recently in 1997
- Lark - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
- Frolicsome - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
- Silly prank - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Aldous Huxley novel "___ Hay" - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
- Crazy caper - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Like the Marx Brothers - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Odd and funny - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Zany - 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.
- Burn a bit - SINGE, used 80 times
- Bit of gossip - RUMOR, used 56 times
- Bit of parsley - SPRIG, used 56 times
- Champing at the bit - EAGER, used 48 times
- Bit of color - TINGE, used 32 times
- Potpourri bit - PETAL, used 29 times
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