Not punctual

The answer

LATE

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

Used 33 times across 23 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1983. It appears in 9 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.

• TARDY (3 uses in xd)

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
• "Better ___ than never" - used 42 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
• 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.

• Not fooled by - ONTO, used 444 times
• Not as much - LESS, used 378 times
• If not - ELSE, used 199 times
• Not "fer" - AGIN, used 181 times
• Not pro - ANTI, used 172 times
• Not so much - LESS, used 171 times

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