"Once ___ a time ..."
The crossword clue ""Once ___ a time ..."" is answered by UPON, a 4-letter entry. Used 284 times across 38 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 35 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
UPON
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the UPON answer page.
Used 284 times across 38 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 35 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for UPON
Every other clue in this collection answered by UPON, most used first.
- Atop - used 179 times, most recently in 2026
- "__ my word!" - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Come __; find - used 46 times, most recently in 2023
- "When You Wish ___ a Star" - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Familiar with - used 38 times, most recently in 2025
- "Once ___ a midnight dreary ..." - used 37 times, most recently in 2025
- Informed about - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Knowledgeable about - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
- Abreast of - used 34 times, most recently in 2024
- "___ further review . . ." - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Stratford-___-Avon - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Well-informed about - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Well-versed in - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
- Conversant with - used 26 times, most recently in 2020
- Second word of many fairy tales - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Resting atop - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Fairy tale's second word - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Second word in many fairy tales - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Over - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- At any time - EVER, used 696 times
- A single time - ONCE, used 296 times
- Once more - ANEW, used 292 times
- Thailand, once - SIAM, used 192 times
- Once, once - ERST, used 177 times
- A long time - AGES, used 156 times
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