Present time
The crossword clue "Present time" is answered by NONCE, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1942. 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
NONCE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NONCE answer page.
Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1942. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for NONCE
Every other clue in this collection answered by NONCE, most used first.
- Time being - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
- Present occasion - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Present - used 21 times, most recently in 2019
- For the ___ (temporarily) - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- The time being - used 13 times, most recently in 2016
- Present moment - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- For the ___. - used 7 times, most recently in 2005
- Immediate occasion - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Occasion at hand - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Present purpose - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
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.
- One more time - AGAIN, used 115 times
- Play for time - STALL, used 113 times
- ___ a time - ONEAT, used 91 times
- Old-time anesthetic - ETHER, used 76 times
- At no time - NEVER, used 63 times
- Another time - AGAIN, used 54 times
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