As it happens
The crossword clue "As it happens" is answered by LIVE, a 4-letter entry. Used 25 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
LIVE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LIVE answer page.
Used 25 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 12 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.
- INREALTIME (7 uses in xd)
- REALTIME (3 uses in xd)
- ACTUALLY (1 uses in xd)
- ONLIVE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for LIVE
Every other clue in this collection answered by LIVE, most used first.
- Not prerecorded - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
- Not taped - used 57 times, most recently in 2023
- Exist - used 41 times, most recently in 2025
- In person - used 33 times, most recently in 2023
- Not recorded - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- In real time - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Not on tape - used 24 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- For fear that - LEST, used 503 times
- Stead - LIEU, used 445 times
- Secular - LAIC, used 392 times
- Not as much - LESS, used 378 times
- "___ we forget" - LEST, used 354 times
- Minus - LESS, used 321 times
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