"Now I ___ me . . ."

The answer

LAY

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LAY answer page.

Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2013. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for LAY

Every other clue in this collection answered by LAY, most used first.

• Put down - used 126 times, most recently in 2026
• Set down - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• Nonclerical - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Place down - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• "Now I ___ me down to sleep ... " - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Deposit - used 27 times, most recently in 2018
• Ballad - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Place - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Not of the cloth - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
• ___ of the land - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Minstrel's song - used 17 times, most recently in 2017
• Install, as carpeting - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Get the __ of the land - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Place, as a bet - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Install, as a carpet - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Nonprofessional - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• __ it on the line - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Secular - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Install, as tile - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Give, as odds - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Non-clerical - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Produce, as an egg - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Song - used 9 times, most recently in 1998
• Frito-__ - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Nonexpert - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Not clerical - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Not ordained - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Offer, as odds - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Short poem. - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Wager - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Install, as carpet - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Not in the clergy - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• "Now I __ me down..." - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Place, as bricks - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Deposit, as an egg - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• __ down the law - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Hens do it - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Install, as tiles - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Make eggs - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Produce, as eggs - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Reclined - used 6 times, most recently in 2020

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.

• Before now - AGO, used 273 times
• "Now I get it!" - AHA, used 182 times
• Up to now - YET, used 116 times
• "Now ___ seen everything!" - IVE, used 99 times
• "___ now or never!" - ITS, used 81 times
• "And now, without further ___ ..." - ADO, used 80 times

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