The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word PAST which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1958.
Just preceding crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters | 
|---|---|---|
| PAST | 100 % | 4 | 
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Just preceding
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- old
 - eve
 - foregoing
 - late
 - previous
 - this
 - critical
 - ebe
 - preadolescence
 - above
 - advance
 - all
 
Crossword Answer definitions
PAST verb- To change place.
 - To change in state or status
 - To move through time.
 - To be accepted.
 - In any game, to decline to play in one's turn.
 - To do or be better.
 - To take heed.
 
- The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future.
 - (grammar) The past tense.
 
- Having already happened; in the past; finished.
 - (postmodifier) Following expressions of time to indicate how long ago something happened; ago.
 - Of a period of time: having just gone by; previous.
 - (grammar) Of a tense, expressing action that has already happened or a previously-existing state.
 
- In a direction that passes.
 - Passing by, especially without stopping or being delayed.
 
- Beyond in place, quantity or time.
 - No longer capable of.
 - Having recovered or moved on from (a traumatic experience, etc.).
 
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