"So ___, so good"

The answer

FAR

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

Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• 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
• Not close by - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• 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.

• "For __ a jolly good fellow..." - HES, used 155 times
• Good buddy - PAL, used 110 times
• Good times - UPS, used 103 times
• In good shape - FIT, used 73 times
• Good to go - SET, used 67 times
• ___ of Good Feelings - ERA, used 57 times

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