Critical time
The crossword clue "Critical time" is answered by DDAY, a 4-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2007. 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
DDAY
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DDAY answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 6 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.
- THEELEVENTHHOUR (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for DDAY
Every other clue in this collection answered by DDAY, most used first.
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- WWII turning point - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
- 6/6/44 - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- Crucial time - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Make-or-break time - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- 1944 turning point - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
- 1944 Normandy event - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
- Decisive time - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
- "Saving Private Ryan" event - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Time of reckoning - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
- "It's now or never" time - used 12 times, most recently in 2017
- Time to attack - used 12 times, most recently in 2009
- Time to act - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
- WWII event - used 10 times, most recently in 2010
- 1944 event - used 9 times, most recently in 2011
- Time for action - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- June 1944 event - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- WWII milestone - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- 6/6/1944 - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- June 6 - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
- "Saving Private Ryan" setting - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Do-or-die time - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Invasion date - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
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.
- At any time - EVER, used 696 times
- A single time - ONCE, used 296 times
- "Once ___ a time ..." - UPON, used 284 times
- A long time - AGES, used 156 times
- High time? - NOON, used 151 times
- "The Time Machine" race - ELOI, used 148 times
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