Exactly when expected

The answer

ONCUE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ONCUE answer page.

Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

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• RIGHTONCUE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ONCUE

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

• Perfectly timed - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• When expected - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• At the right time - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• When prompted - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
• As expected - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Promptly - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• With perfect timing - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• At just the right time - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Well-timed - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Timed perfectly - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• At the right moment - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• How actors enter - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• When signaled - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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• "When pigs fly!" - NEVER, used 99 times
• "When You Wish Upon __" - ASTAR, used 39 times
• Expected - USUAL, used 19 times
• "___ when?" - SINCE, used 14 times
• When doubled, a Washington city - WALLA, used 14 times
• Not exactly, informally - SORTA, used 13 times

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