Passing fancy
The crossword clue "Passing fancy" is answered by WHIM, a 4-letter entry. Used 14 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1987. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
WHIM
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WHIM answer page.
Used 14 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1987. It appears in 9 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.
- FLAVOROFTHEWEEK (1 uses in xd)
- IDLEDREAM (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for WHIM
Every other clue in this collection answered by WHIM, most used first.
- Caprice - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Fancy - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
- Sudden impulse - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Impulse - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
- Sudden fancy - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Capricious notion - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Fanciful notion - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Fancy party - GALA, used 83 times
- Fancy-schmancy - POSH, used 64 times
- Fancy pitcher - EWER, used 40 times
- Passing notice - OBIT, used 37 times
- Fancy - IDEA, used 34 times
- Barely passing grades - DEES, used 24 times
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