Ticks by
The crossword clue "Ticks by" is answered by ELAPSES, a 7-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ELAPSES
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ELAPSES answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ELAPSES
Every other clue in this collection answered by ELAPSES, most used first.
- Goes by - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
- Passes - used 24 times, most recently in 2020
- Slips by - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Passes, as time - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Passes by - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Slips away - used 7 times, most recently in 2001
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.
- Everlasting - ETERNAL, used 72 times
- Learned - ERUDITE, used 71 times
- Trap - ENSNARE, used 70 times
- Blow up - ENLARGE, used 66 times
- All together - ENMASSE, used 65 times
- On the way - ENROUTE, used 59 times
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