Familiar saying
The crossword clue "Familiar saying" is answered by OLDSAW, a 6-letter entry. Used 17 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
OLDSAW
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OLDSAW answer page.
Used 17 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for OLDSAW
Every other clue in this collection answered by OLDSAW, most used first.
- Familiar adage - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Familiar maxim - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Maxim - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Familiar with - USEDTO, used 61 times
- Saying nothing - SILENT, used 13 times
- "As I was saying ..." - ANYHOW, used 10 times
- Familiar feeling - DEJAVU, used 10 times
- "As I was saying . . ." - ANYWAY, used 9 times
- Trite saying - CLICHE, used 6 times
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