The past, in the past
The crossword clue "The past, in the past" is answered by ELD, a 3-letter entry. Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
ELD
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ELD answer page.
Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ELD
Every other clue in this collection answered by ELD, most used first.
- Days of yore - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
- Antiquity, in antiquity - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Antiquity - used 20 times, most recently in 2008
- Yore - used 17 times, most recently in 2008
- Antiquity, once - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
- Days of yore, in days of yore - used 13 times, most recently in 2017
- Antiquity: Archaic. - used 10 times, most recently in 1967
- Ancient times, in ancient times - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Antiquity: Poet. - used 7 times, most recently in 1965
- Olden times, in olden times - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
- Ragtime auth. - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
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.
- In the past - AGO, used 1,064 times
- In the style of - ALA, used 784 times
- Under the weather - ILL, used 536 times
- Past - AGO, used 461 times
- "___ the season ..." - TIS, used 398 times
- To the ___ degree - NTH, used 389 times
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