As before, in footnotes

The answer

IBID

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IBID answer page.

Used 11 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for IBID

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

• Footnote abbr. - used 219 times, most recently in 2026
• Footnote abbreviation. - used 27 times, most recently in 2015
• Footnote word - used 14 times, most recently in 2018
• Bibliography abbr. - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Footnote note - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• "In the same place," in footnotes - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Footnote notation - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• Footnote term. - used 9 times, most recently in 1967
• Kin of op. cit. - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Bibliography notation - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• "The same," in footnotes - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Bibliographical abbr. - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Term paper abbr. - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Endnote abbr. - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

Related clues

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• "___ the night before Christmas ..." - TWAS, used 151 times
• Before long - SOON, used 120 times
• Nights before - EVES, used 119 times
• "___ the night before ..." - TWAS, used 100 times
• Nights before holidays - EVES, used 81 times
• Book before Nehemiah - EZRA, used 69 times

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