Bring up the rear
The crossword clue "Bring up the rear" is answered by LAG, a 3-letter entry. Used 19 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1979. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
LAG
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LAG answer page.
Used 19 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1979. It appears in 10 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.
- BELAST (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for LAG
Every other clue in this collection answered by LAG, most used first.
- Fall behind - used 312 times, most recently in 2026
- Trail the pack - used 95 times, most recently in 2026
- Trail behind - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
- Fall back - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Trail - used 43 times, most recently in 2025
- Fail to keep up - used 42 times, most recently in 2024
- Delay - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Hang back - used 39 times, most recently in 2023
- Time delay - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Jet ___ - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- Dawdle - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Streaming delay - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Retardation. - used 11 times, most recently in 2005
- Straggle - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Fail to keep pace - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
- Internet connectivity annoyance - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Jet ___ (traveler's affliction) - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Move slowly. - used 10 times, most recently in 2012
- Drop back - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
- Drop behind - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Hang behind - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Online gaming annoyance - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Streaming annoyance - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Get a little behind - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Get behind - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Loiter - used 8 times, most recently in 1995
- Not keep up - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Be behind - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Dillydally - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Slip behind - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Closed-captioning problem - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Dilly dally - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
- Gamer's annoyance - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Jet effect - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Jet follower - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
- Tarry - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
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.
- In the past - AGO, used 1,064 times
- In the style of - ALA, used 784 times
- Under the weather - ILL, used 536 times
- "___ the season ..." - TIS, used 398 times
- To the ___ degree - NTH, used 389 times
- In the manner of - ALA, used 367 times
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