They precede finals
The crossword clue "They precede finals" is answered by SEMIS, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. 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
SEMIS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SEMIS answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SEMIS
Every other clue in this collection answered by SEMIS, most used first.
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- Convoy trucks - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Eighteen-wheelers - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Highway haulers - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
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- Tournament round - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Tourney rounds - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Weigh station visitors - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Final Four games - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Rigs - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Tournament rounds - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Truck stop sights - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Convoy constituents - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Highway behemoths - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Round after the quarters - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Rounds before finals - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Some trucks - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- They pull their load - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
- Tourney round - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Truck stop stoppers - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Trucking rigs - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Midterms and finals - TESTS, used 21 times
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- Midterms and finals - EXAMS, used 15 times
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- They have their ups and downs - YOYOS, used 14 times
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