The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word PRETERITE which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1960.
Expressing past time crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PRETERITE | 100 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Expressing past time
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- preterite
- aorist
- yore
- since
- ago
- future
- had
- back
- once
- tense
- bak
- before
Crossword Answer definitions
PRETERITE noun- (grammar) The preterite tense, simple past tense: the grammatical tense that determines the specific initiation or termination of an action in the past.
- (grammar, of a tense) showing an action at a determined moment in the past.
- Belonging wholly to the past; passed by.
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