Old anesthetic
The crossword clue "Old anesthetic" is answered by ETHER, a 5-letter entry. Used 156 times across 30 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 29 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ETHER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ETHER answer page.
Used 156 times across 30 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 29 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.
- COCAINE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ETHER
Every other clue in this collection answered by ETHER, most used first.
- Clear sky - used 90 times, most recently in 2026
- Old-time anesthetic - used 76 times, most recently in 2025
- Early anesthetic - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- Bygone anesthetic - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Former anesthetic - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Heavens - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Upper regions of space - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Anesthetic of old - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Anesthetic - used 23 times, most recently in 2006
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- Old saying - ADAGE, used 127 times
- Old hat - PASSE, used 100 times
- Old enough - OFAGE, used 97 times
- "Old MacDonald" refrain - EIEIO, used 97 times
- Old photo tint - SEPIA, used 78 times
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