Old, but new again

The answer

RETRO

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

Used 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• RECYCLED (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for RETRO

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

• Back in style - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Kind of rocket - used 47 times, most recently in 2023
• Stylishly quaint - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• Back in - used 39 times, most recently in 2025
• Fashionably nostalgic - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Fashionably dated - used 30 times, most recently in 2024
• So out it's in - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Fashionably old-fashioned - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Back in fashion - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• In again - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Vintage - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Cool again - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Nostalgic style - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Backward-looking - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Type of rocket - used 10 times, most recently in 2008
• Nostalgically trendy - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Back-in-style fashion - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Backward: Prefix - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Chic again - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Evoking the past - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• In vogue again - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Old-fashioned - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• Stylish again - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Nostalgically fashionable - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Old-school - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Certain rocket engine - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Fashionable once again - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Hip again - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Nostalgic fashion - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• So old it's new again - 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.

• Happen again - RECUR, used 182 times
• New Zealand native - MAORI, used 175 times
• Old anesthetic - ETHER, used 156 times
• Old-womanish - ANILE, used 155 times
• Old saying - ADAGE, used 127 times
• Native New Zealander - MAORI, used 119 times

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