Arrives, as darkness
The crossword clue "Arrives, as darkness" is answered by SETSIN, a 6-letter entry. Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2008; first recorded in 1999. 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
SETSIN
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SETSIN answer page.
Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2008; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SETSIN
Every other clue in this collection answered by SETSIN, most used first.
- Takes effect - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Begins - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
- Takes root - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Becomes established - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Becomes prevalent - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Takes hold - 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.
- Arrives - GETSIN, used 12 times
- Arrives at - GETSTO, used 10 times
- Darkness personified - EREBUS, used 6 times
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