Years gone by
The crossword clue "Years gone by" is answered by PAST, a 4-letter entry. Used 25 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
PAST
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PAST answer page.
Used 25 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for PAST
Every other clue in this collection answered by PAST, most used first.
- History - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
- Gone by - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
- Bygone days - used 43 times, most recently in 2025
- Days gone by - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Bygone - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Time gone by - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- It may be checkered - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- Over - used 23 times, most recently in 2022
- Over and done with - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Beyond - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Billions of years - EONS, used 111 times
- On in years - AGED, used 81 times
- Years and years - AGES, used 72 times
- Days gone by - YORE, used 70 times
- Getting ___ years - ONIN, used 69 times
- "Gone With the Wind" plantation - TARA, used 63 times
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