"Better ___ than never"
The crossword clue ""Better ___ than never"" is answered by LATE, a 4-letter entry. Used 42 times across 27 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
LATE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LATE answer page.
Used 42 times across 27 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for LATE
Every other clue in this collection answered by LATE, most used first.
- Tardy - used 178 times, most recently in 2026
- Overdue - used 147 times, most recently in 2026
- Behind schedule - used 100 times, most recently in 2026
- Not on time - used 94 times, most recently in 2026
- Past due - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
- Recent - used 63 times, most recently in 2014
- Running behind - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
- Past the deadline - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
- After the buzzer - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- After the bell - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- After the deadline - used 37 times, most recently in 2025
- Like the White Rabbit - used 37 times, most recently in 2025
- Not punctual - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- After curfew - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Nothing more than - MERE, used 159 times
- Get better - HEAL, used 156 times
- ___ time (never) - ATNO, used 137 times
- Larger-than-life - EPIC, used 101 times
- More than - OVER, used 86 times
- In ___ of (rather than) - LIEU, used 69 times
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