"Do not open ___ Xmas"

The answer

TIL

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TIL answer page.

Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for TIL

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

• Up to - used 132 times, most recently in 2026
• Up to, informally - used 127 times, most recently in 2026
• "Shop ___ you drop" - used 123 times, most recently in 2026
• Up to, briefly - used 117 times, most recently in 2026
• Sesame - used 110 times, most recently in 2007
• Up to, in ads - used 69 times, most recently in 2025
• Up to, for short - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ death do us part" - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• No later than - used 27 times, most recently in 2019
• ___ the cows come home - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• "___ we meet again!" - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Sesame plant - used 19 times, most recently in 2006
• Up to, in brief - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Michael Jackson's "Don't Stop ___ You Get Enough" - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Up to, casually - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Up to the point that - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• "Voices Carry" pop group ___ Tuesday - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Poetic contraction - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• East Indian herb. - used 9 times, most recently in 1979
• "___ next time!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• No later than, informally - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• As late as - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Before, briefly - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• "___ death do us ..." - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• "It Ain't Over ___ It's Over" - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• No later than, briefly - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• "Open ___ midnight" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Before, informally - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ Death" (Brad Garrett sitcom) - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Sesame seed - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• The Everly Brothers' "___ I Kissed You" - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Up to, colloquially - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• "Wait ___ the Sun Shines, Nellie" - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• "__ I Kissed You": Everly Brothers hit - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• No later than, for short - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• "Open ___ 9" - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Shortened preposition - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Store-hours word - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• ___ Tuesday ("Voices Carry" band) - 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.

• Not 'neath - OER, used 186 times
• Not many - FEW, used 155 times
• And not - NOR, used 104 times
• Not well - ILL, used 100 times
• Not neg. - POS, used 99 times
• Not at home - OUT, used 95 times

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