___-the-minute
The crossword clue "___-the-minute" is answered by UPTO, a 4-letter entry. Used 12 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1971. 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
UPTO
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the UPTO answer page.
Used 12 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for UPTO
Every other clue in this collection answered by UPTO, most used first.
- Until - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
- Capable of - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
- No more than - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
- Doing - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ no good - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
- As far as - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Plotting - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
- As many as - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- No later than - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Engaged in - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Not exceeding - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
- "What've you been ___?" - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
- "What have you been ___?" - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
- Busy with - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Not more than - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Planning - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- ___ snuff - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- ___ date (current) - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
- "I've had it ___ here!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ no good (scheming) - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- ___ snuff (adequate) - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
- __-the-minute (current) - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
- Till - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ and including - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ date. - used 9 times, most recently in 1975
- Incumbent on - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- __ now (so far) - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Able - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Incumbent upon - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Ready for - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- As much as - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Step ___ the plate - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
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.
- Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
- In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
- On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
- From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
- Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
- Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times
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