About the time of
The crossword clue "About the time of" is answered by CIRCA, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1966. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
CIRCA
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CIRCA answer page.
Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1966. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for CIRCA
Every other clue in this collection answered by CIRCA, most used first.
- About - used 73 times, most recently in 2026
- Around - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
- Approximately - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- About, in dates - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Roughly - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Approximately, in dates - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- On or about - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Date qualifier - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- About, date-wise - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- About, datewise - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Approximately, datewise - 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.
- In the know - AWARE, used 356 times
- Up and about - ASTIR, used 274 times
- To the point - TERSE, used 194 times
- Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
- Cream of the crop - ELITE, used 175 times
- In the lead - AHEAD, used 166 times
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