Short-lived trend
The crossword clue "Short-lived trend" is answered by FAD, a 3-letter entry. Used 21 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2012. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
FAD
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FAD answer page.
Used 21 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2012. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for FAD
Every other clue in this collection answered by FAD, most used first.
- Craze - used 126 times, most recently in 2026
- Passing craze - used 111 times, most recently in 2026
- Rage - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Passing fancy - used 35 times, most recently in 2023
- Short-lived craze - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- In thing - used 16 times, most recently in 2020
- Fleeting trend - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Fashion that doesn't last - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Fleeting fashion - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Passing trend - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Vogue - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Short-lived fashion - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Short-lived obsession - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Temporary craze - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Brief craze - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Brief rage - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Current craze - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- It doesn't last - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Pet rocks, once - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Beanie Babies, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Beanie Babies, once - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Fleeting craze - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Mania - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
Related clues
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- Back muscle, for short - LAT, used 189 times
- Life story, for short - BIO, used 140 times
- Sixth sense, for short - ESP, used 137 times
- Chest muscle, for short - PEC, used 120 times
- Short snooze - NAP, used 98 times
- Aliens, for short - ETS, used 91 times
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