Overly permissive
The crossword clue "Overly permissive" is answered by LAX, a 3-letter entry. Used 19 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026. 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
LAX
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LAX answer page.
Used 19 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for LAX
Every other clue in this collection answered by LAX, most used first.
- Remiss - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
- Not strict - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Negligent - used 45 times, most recently in 2025
- Indulgent - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Lenient - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Careless - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Loose - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Permissive - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Far from strict - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Hardly strict - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Hardly hard-nosed - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
- Loosey-goosey - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Not at all strict - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Calif. airport - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Easygoing - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Laid back - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Overpermissive - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
- Far from stern - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Hardly stringent - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Not rigid - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Opposite of strict - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Slack - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
- Too permissive - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
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.
- Overly - TOO, used 352 times
- Overly glib - PAT, used 14 times
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