Falling behind
The crossword clue "Falling behind" is answered by LAGGING, a 7-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2012. 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
LAGGING
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LAGGING answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2012. It appears in 3 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.
- LOSINGGROUND (1 uses in xd)
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.
- Hit from behind - REAREND, used 16 times
- Came from behind - RALLIED, used 11 times
- Was behind schedule - RANLATE, used 10 times
- Be behind schedule - RUNLATE, used 9 times
- They get left behind - ESTATES, used 9 times
- They're left behind - ESTATES, used 9 times
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