In recent days
The crossword clue "In recent days" is answered by LATELY, a 6-letter entry. Used 20 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LATELY
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LATELY answer page.
Used 20 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1952. 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 LATELY
Every other clue in this collection answered by LATELY, most used first.
- In the recent past - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- Not long ago - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- These days - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Nowadays - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Recently - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Most recent - LATEST, used 88 times
- Most recent - NEWEST, used 66 times
- More recent - LATTER, used 15 times
- Most recent news - LATEST, used 15 times
- In recent days - OFLATE, used 13 times
- Fairly recent - NEWISH, used 12 times
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