___ of time
The crossword clue "___ of time" is answered by SANDS, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1949. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SANDS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SANDS answer page.
Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1949. It appears in 2 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.
- AWASTE (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for SANDS
Every other clue in this collection answered by SANDS, most used first.
- Smooths, as wood - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Smooths, in a way - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Beaches. - used 14 times, most recently in 2000
- Beach bits - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Makes smooth - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- "__ of Iwo Jima" - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
- Smooths - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Smooths wood - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Contents of hourglasses - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Hourglass fillers - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- The __ of time - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Beach grains - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Beach tracts - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
- Vegas casino razed in 1996 - 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.
- One more time - AGAIN, used 115 times
- Play for time - STALL, used 113 times
- ___ a time - ONEAT, used 91 times
- Time being - NONCE, used 79 times
- Old-time anesthetic - ETHER, used 76 times
- At no time - NEVER, used 63 times
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