The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word PRIOR , but the solution may also be OLD which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in New York Times).
Previous crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PRIOR | 36 % | 5 |
| FORMER | 13 % | 6 |
| ONETIME | 11 % | 7 |
| OLD | 11 % | 3 |
| PAST | 9 % | 4 |
| EARLIER | 9 % | 7 |
| FOREGONE | 4 % | 8 |
| ANTERIOR | 2 % | 8 |
| FORE | 2 % | 4 |
| ANTECEDENT | 2 % | 10 |
Why may PRIOR be the right solution?
The word "previous" means "existing or occurring before in time or order." The word that fits this definition and is often used as a synonym for "previous" is "PRIOR."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Previous
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- preceding
- early
- premature
- former
- past
- old
- late
- foregoing
- antecedent
- prior
- prev
- aforementioned
Crossword Answer definitions
PRIOR noun- A high-ranking member of a monastery, usually lower in rank than an abbot.
- A chief magistrate in Italy.
- (law enforcement) A previous arrest or criminal conviction on someone's record.
- In Bayesian inference, a prior probability distribution, one based on information or belief before additional data is collected.
- Advance; previous; coming before.
- Former, previous.
- Previously.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result PRIOR
- Earlier
- Rap sheet item
- Previous
- Earlier; previous
- Former
- Monk
- Rap sheet datum
- Abbot's aide
- Crime on the books
- In the past
More clues leading to the result FORMER
- First in a pair
- Previous
- Previous, as a club member
- Earlier.
- Previous.
- Quondam.
- Erstwhile
- Onetime
- Word often seen preceding a job title
- The first of two
More clues leading to the result ONETIME
- Singular event
- Unique, sort of
- Quondam
- Former
- Erstwhile
- Unique
- Previous
- Past
- Like most capital costs
- Without repetition
More clues leading to the result OLD
- Like Methuselah
- Like the hills?
- Passe
- __ Nick (Satan)
- Hardly a spring chicken
- Immemorial
- Like MacDonald
- On in years
- Out of fashion
- Pre-Columbian
More clues leading to the result PAST
- History
- Time gone by
- Over and done with
- Over and done
- Checkered thing, maybe
- Days of yore
- Gone by
- "Back to the Future" setting
- "Peggy Sue Got Married" setting
- Ago
More clues leading to the result EARLIER
- Previous
- At a previous time
- Prior
- Ago
- Before now
- Before
- Like a flashback time
- Previously
- Sooner.
- Bird that gets more worms.
More clues leading to the result FOREGONE
- Inevitable, as a conclusion
- Inevitable
- Like a done deal
- Like some conclusions
- ___ conclusion (certainty).
- Inevitable, as a conclusion.
- Previous
- Kind of conclusion
- Like an inevitable conclusion
More clues leading to the result ANTERIOR
- In front, anatomically
- Preceding
- Situated toward the front
- Preceding in sequence
- Preceding in development
- Fore
- Toward the head
- Front
- Prior.
- Toward the front.
More clues leading to the result FORE
- St. Andrews shout
- Tiger Woods yell
- Alerting shout
- Cry from the tee
- Golfer's cry
- Links warning
- Fairway duck?
- Links yell
- Pebble Beach warning
- Stall starter