Tangential comment
The crossword clue "Tangential comment" is answered by ASIDE, a 5-letter entry. Used 14 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ASIDE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ASIDE answer page.
Used 14 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ASIDE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ASIDE, most used first.
- "All kidding __ . . ." - used 182 times, most recently in 2026
- Out of the way - used 138 times, most recently in 2026
- Stage whisper - used 129 times, most recently in 2026
- Digression - used 93 times, most recently in 2026
- In reserve - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
- Comment to the audience - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
- Stage comment - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Parenthetical comment - used 37 times, most recently in 2024
- Remark to the audience - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Line to the audience - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- "All joking ___ . . ." - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Stage remark - used 22 times, most recently in 2021
- Parenthetical remark - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Notwithstanding - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- Words to the audience - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Stage direction - used 13 times, most recently in 1998
- Line spoken to the audience - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- To the left or right - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- "Step __!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Dramatic device - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Playwright's ploy - used 8 times, most recently in 1992
- Stage digression - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Tangential remark - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Apart - used 7 times, most recently in 2003
- Away. - used 7 times, most recently in 2002
- Brief digression - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Actor-to-audience comment - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Actor's comment to the audience - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Actor's whisper - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- Apart (from) - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Digressive remark - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Parenthetical script comment - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
- Private line - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
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.
- Quitter's comment - ICANT, used 16 times
- Comforting comment - ICARE, used 12 times
- Equine comment - NEIGH, used 8 times
- Copycat's comment - METOO, used 7 times
- Initial comment, for short - INTRO, used 7 times
- Hen's comment - CLUCK, used 6 times
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