Fax predecessor
The crossword clue "Fax predecessor" is answered by TELEX, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TELEX
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TELEX answer page.
Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 7 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.
- TELETYPE (1 uses in xd)
- TELEXMACHINE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for TELEX
Every other clue in this collection answered by TELEX, most used first.
- Fax forerunner - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Fax ancestor - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
- E-mail forerunner - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- E-mail predecessor - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
- Fax precursor - used 8 times, most recently in 2010
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.
- Mubarak's predecessor - SADAT, used 40 times
- Windows predecessor - MSDOS, used 33 times
- Jackie's predecessor - MAMIE, used 27 times
- Polk's predecessor - TYLER, used 21 times
- Stalin's predecessor - LENIN, used 20 times
- Hosni's predecessor - ANWAR, used 17 times
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