Not long past
The crossword clue "Not long past" is answered by RECENT, a 6-letter entry. Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1998. 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
RECENT
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RECENT answer page.
Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1998. 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 RECENT
Every other clue in this collection answered by RECENT, most used first.
- New - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
- Modern - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Late - used 15 times, most recently in 2020
- Fairly new - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Fresh - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Relatively new - used 6 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.
- Not digital - ANALOG, used 66 times
- Not moving - ATREST, used 48 times
- Not quite - ALMOST, used 48 times
- Long step - STRIDE, used 40 times
- Not optional - NEEDED, used 38 times
- Not out - ATHOME, used 38 times
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