Advance in age
The crossword clue "Advance in age" is answered by GETON, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2009; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
GETON
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GETON answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2009; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for GETON
Every other clue in this collection answered by GETON, most used first.
- Board - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
- Board, as a bus - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Mount - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Climb aboard - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Hop aboard - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Make progress - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
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.
- "The Age of Anxiety" poet - AUDEN, used 44 times
- Age - RIPEN, used 29 times
- Advance furtively - SIDLE, used 16 times
- One-named New Age musician - YANNI, used 16 times
- White with age - HOARY, used 16 times
- In advance. - AHEAD, used 15 times
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