"Time ___ ..."

The answer

WAS

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

Used 16 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 3 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.

• ERA (94 uses in xd)
• INNO (20 uses in xd)
• AGE (18 uses in xd)
• HOUR (16 uses in xd)
• ATNO (14 uses in xd)

Other clues for WAS

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

• Used to be - used 392 times, most recently in 2026
• Existed - used 215 times, most recently in 2026
• "Now, where ___ I?" - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• Had been - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• Is in the past? - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Is no longer - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Lived - used 36 times, most recently in 2019
• Functioned as - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Has been - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• "As I ___ saying ..." - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• "Who ___ that masked man?" - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Common verb - used 18 times, most recently in 1976
• "How Green ___ My Valley" - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Once existed - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Portrayed - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Third word in many limericks - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Took place - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
• "What ___ I thinking?" - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• "Where ___ I?" - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• "How ___ I to know?" - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Is no more - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• "That -- close!" - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• "Fuzzy Wuzzy __ a bear..." - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Is past? - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Isn't anymore - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Isn't now - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• "That ___ no lady ..." - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• "Fuzzy Wuzzy ___ . . ." - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• "Kilroy ___ here" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• No longer is - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Served as - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• "That ___ a close one!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• "That ___ then ..." - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Third word of many limericks - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• "What ___ that?" - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• "I ___ wondering ... " - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Once lived - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Record producer Don - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Second word of "A Tale of Two Cities" - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Verb in a retrospective - used 6 times, most recently in 2012

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.

• Historic time - ERA, used 309 times
• Long, long time - EON, used 302 times
• Long time - EON, used 270 times
• Very long time - EON, used 212 times
• One ___ time - ATA, used 188 times
• Memorable time - ERA, used 167 times

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