Earlier offense
The crossword clue "Earlier offense" is answered by PRIOR, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2020. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PRIOR
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PRIOR answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2020. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for PRIOR
Every other clue in this collection answered by PRIOR, most used first.
- Earlier - used 74 times, most recently in 2026
- Previous - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Former - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- __ to; before - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Antecedent - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Rap sheet entry - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- Rap sheet listing - used 13 times, most recently in 2019
- Before, with "to" - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Earlier in time - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Abbot's aide - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
- Beforehand - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Monastic officer - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
- Preceding - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Aforementioned - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Previous arrest - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Rap sheet item - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
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.
- Born earlier - OLDER, used 20 times
- Loan shark's offense - USURY, used 11 times
- Earlier, quaintly - AFORE, used 10 times
- Firing offense? - ARSON, used 8 times
- Of earlier vintage - OLDER, used 8 times
- Born earlier - ELDER, used 6 times
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