Down the road
The crossword clue "Down the road" is answered by LATER, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LATER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LATER answer page.
Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 5 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.
- EASEON (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for LATER
Every other clue in this collection answered by LATER, most used first.
- "See ya!" - used 72 times, most recently in 2026
- Not now - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
- Subsequently - used 39 times, most recently in 2025
- In a while - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Procrastinator's word - used 32 times, most recently in 2023
- After a while - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Afterward - used 20 times, most recently in 2013
- By and by - used 20 times, most recently in 2018
- "Ciao!" - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
- In a little while - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Some other time - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Not right now - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Subsequent - used 11 times, most recently in 2000
- Anon - used 10 times, most recently in 2000
- In the future - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Slangy "so long" - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
- "Bye!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- "Gotta run!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Informal farewell - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- More recent - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- After. - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
- "I'm outta here!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- In a bit - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- It's better than never - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- "Peace" - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- "See you ___, alligator" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Slangy farewell - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
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.
- In the know - AWARE, used 356 times
- To the point - TERSE, used 194 times
- Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
- Wear down - ERODE, used 180 times
- Run-down - SEEDY, used 178 times
- Cream of the crop - ELITE, used 175 times
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