Past or present
The crossword clue "Past or present" is answered by TENSE, a 5-letter entry. Used 38 times across 28 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1959. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
TENSE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TENSE answer page.
Used 38 times across 28 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1959. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for TENSE
Every other clue in this collection answered by TENSE, most used first.
- On edge - used 158 times, most recently in 2026
- Uptight - used 125 times, most recently in 2026
- High-strung - used 96 times, most recently in 2026
- Keyed up - used 72 times, most recently in 2026
- Wound up - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- Nervous - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Jittery - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Past, present or future - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Not relaxed - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- All wound up - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Taut - used 33 times, most recently in 2020
- Edgy - used 24 times, most recently in 2023
- On pins and needles - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Verb form - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Thing of the past - RELIC, used 58 times
- Blast from the past - OLDIE, used 49 times
- Past plump - OBESE, used 36 times
- Slip past - ELUDE, used 32 times
- Piece of the past - RELIC, used 30 times
- Present occasion - NONCE, used 29 times
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