Passing fancies
The crossword clue "Passing fancies" is answered by FADS, a 4-letter entry. Used 20 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1971. 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
FADS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FADS answer page.
Used 20 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for FADS
Every other clue in this collection answered by FADS, most used first.
- Crazes - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
- Passing crazes - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Short-lived crazes - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Rages - used 13 times, most recently in 2019
- In things - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Short-lived trends - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- They come and go - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
- Short-lived fashions - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Passing notice - OBIT, used 37 times
- Barely passing grades - DEES, used 24 times
- Passing fancy - WHIM, used 14 times
- Passing mention? - OBIT, used 11 times
- Notice in passing? - OBIT, used 9 times
- Brief notice in passing - OBIT, used 8 times
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