The way things stand
The crossword clue "The way things stand" is answered by ASITIS, a 6-letter entry. Used 24 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus.
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ASITIS
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Used 24 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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