Tick away
The crossword clue "Tick away" is answered by ELAPSE, a 6-letter entry. Used 29 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ELAPSE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ELAPSE answer page.
Used 29 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for ELAPSE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ELAPSE, most used first.
- Go by - used 210 times, most recently in 2026
- Pass by - used 88 times, most recently in 2026
- Pass, as time - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
- Slip by - used 82 times, most recently in 2025
- Go by, as time - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
- Pass by, as time - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
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- Break away - SECEDE, used 37 times
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