Crossword clues - Answer
LATE
LATE is a 4-letter crossword answer with 17 clues in this collection. Across those clues it has 1,111 usages in the xd corpus, most recently in 2026. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
LATE
LATE
4Letters
17Clues in collection
1,111Combined xd usages
2026Most recent year
Combined usages add the xd usage counts of every clue below. Frequency figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Every clue for LATE in this collection
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- Tardy - used 178 times across 51 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Overdue - used 147 times across 37 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Behind schedule - used 100 times across 37 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Not on time - used 94 times across 34 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Past due - used 76 times across 28 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Recent - used 63 times across 39 distinct years, most recently in 2014
- Running behind - used 59 times across 24 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Past the deadline - used 58 times across 22 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- After the buzzer - used 48 times across 20 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- After the bell - used 46 times across 21 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- "Better ___ than never" - used 42 times across 27 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- After the deadline - used 37 times across 18 distinct years, most recently in 2025
- Like the White Rabbit - used 37 times across 21 distinct years, most recently in 2025
- Not punctual - used 33 times across 23 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Delayed - used 32 times across 25 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Behind - used 31 times across 17 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- After curfew - used 30 times across 17 distinct years, most recently in 2026
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