Windows precursor
The crossword clue "Windows precursor" is answered by DOS, a 3-letter entry. Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DOS
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DOS answer page.
Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for DOS
Every other clue in this collection answered by DOS, most used first.
- Two, in Tijuana - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
- Uno + uno - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ and don'ts - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Uno, ___, tres - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Hairstyles - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Uno doubled - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Uno y uno - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- John ___ Passos - used 28 times, most recently in 2020
- MS-___ - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Two, in Toledo - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Two, in Spanish - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Coifs - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Half of cuatro - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ Passos - used 21 times, most recently in 1993
- ___ Equis (Mexican beer) - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Parties - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Spanish couple? - used 18 times, most recently in 2017
- Spanish "two" - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Windows forerunner - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
- Requirements - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Twice uno - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Two, in Acapulco - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Author ___ Passos - used 11 times, most recently in 1992
- Number after uno - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Tijuana two - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
- Author John ___ Passos - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Tres menos uno - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Two, in Spain - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Uno plus uno - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Bobs and weaves - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ Equis - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Windows predecessor - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- Back: Fr. - used 7 times, most recently in 1965
- Hair arrangements - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Number between uno and tres - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Recommended actions - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Salon creations - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Shindigs - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Some advice - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Square root of cuatro - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Cuatro halved - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Two, in Peru - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Uno mas uno - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
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- TiVo precursor - VCR, used 43 times
- Reggae precursor - SKA, used 40 times
- Some Windows systems - NTS, used 28 times
- Windows boxes? - PCS, used 19 times
- Holiday precursor - EVE, used 13 times
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