Blast from the past
The crossword clue "Blast from the past" is answered by ATEST, a 5-letter entry. Used 22 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
ATEST
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ATEST answer page.
Used 22 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 2002. 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.
- NTEST (4 uses in xd)
- BIGBANG (1 uses in xd)
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Every other clue in this collection answered by ATEST, most used first.
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