Retardation.
The crossword clue "Retardation." is answered by LAG, a 3-letter entry. Used 11 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2005; first recorded in 1947. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LAG
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LAG answer page.
Used 11 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2005; first recorded in 1947. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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
- Bring up the rear - used 19 times, most recently in 2022
- 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
- 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
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