Ahead of time
The crossword clue "Ahead of time" is answered by EARLY, a 5-letter entry. Used 50 times across 29 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 20 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
EARLY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EARLY answer page.
Used 50 times across 29 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 20 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.
- FAST (7 uses in xd)
- INADVANCE (5 uses in xd)
- EARLIEST (2 uses in xd)
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.
- One more time - AGAIN, used 115 times
- Play for time - STALL, used 113 times
- ___ a time - ONEAT, used 91 times
- Time being - NONCE, used 79 times
- Old-time anesthetic - ETHER, used 76 times
- At no time - NEVER, used 63 times
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