Instead of
The crossword clue "Instead of" is answered by FOR, a 3-letter entry. Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2010; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
FOR
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FOR answer page.
Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2010; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 4 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.
- RATHERTHAN (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for FOR
Every other clue in this collection answered by FOR, most used first.
- In favor of - used 304 times, most recently in 2026
- Supporting - used 104 times, most recently in 2026
- Pro - used 97 times, most recently in 2026
- On behalf of - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
- Gift tag word - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- In support of - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- In place of - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- Not against - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Backing - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
- Because - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Part of FYI - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Supportive of - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Behind - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- In honor of - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
- Favoring - used 12 times, most recently in 2017
- On the side of - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
- Word on a gift tag - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- FYI part - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- The "F" in FYI - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
- Part of FWIW - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- "___ Pete's sake!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Suitable to. - used 7 times, most recently in 1967
- Advocating - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
- In payment of - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Representing - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Tit __ tat - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- "__ what it's worth . . ." - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- To and ___ - FRO, used 341 times
- Distant - FAR, used 243 times
- Charge - FEE, used 214 times
- Enemy - FOE, used 212 times
- Nourished - FED, used 212 times
- Service charge - FEE, used 186 times
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