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FAR

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FAR answer page.

Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2020. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• AFAR (4 uses in xd)

Other clues for FAR

Every other clue in this collection answered by FAR, most used first.

• Distant - used 243 times, most recently in 2026
• Remote - used 104 times, most recently in 2026
• Way off - used 83 times, most recently in 2026
• A ways away - used 39 times, most recently in 2025
• Not near - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Considerably - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
• Not even close - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• A long way off - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Much - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• "__ out!" - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
• Wide partner - used 19 times, most recently in 2021
• A long way - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Away's partner - used 18 times, most recently in 2014
• Not within walking distance - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• At a distance - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Not close - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Wide's partner - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
• Miles away - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Very much. - used 14 times, most recently in 1984
• Where the successful go - used 14 times, most recently in 2012
• Way out there - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• A long way away - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• "So ___, so good" - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Dolce ___ niente - used 10 times, most recently in 1992
• Many miles away - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Out of reach - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
• Substantially - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Significantly - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Wide companion - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• ___ and away - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Out of the way - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Quite a ways - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Way off in the distance - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• A good way - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Extreme - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• "___ From the Madding Crowd" - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Kind of cry - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• "Near, ___, wherever you are . . ." - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Out of sight - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Way out - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

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.

• Not 'neath - OER, used 186 times
• Not many - FEW, used 155 times
• And not - NOR, used 104 times
• Not well - ILL, used 100 times
• Not neg. - POS, used 99 times
• Not at home - OUT, used 95 times

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