___ one's time
The crossword clue "___ one's time" is answered by BIDES, a 5-letter entry. Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1964. 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
BIDES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BIDES answer page.
Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1964. It appears in 9 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.
- TOBIDE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for BIDES
Every other clue in this collection answered by BIDES, most used first.
- Waits - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ one's time (waits) - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Awaits - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- ___ one's time (waits patiently) - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Tarries - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Waits patiently - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- On one's toes - ALERT, used 150 times
- One more time - AGAIN, used 115 times
- Play for time - STALL, used 113 times
- Take as one's own - ADOPT, used 111 times
- Blow one's top - ERUPT, used 95 times
- ___ a time - ONEAT, used 91 times
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