The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word AGO , but the solution may also be PAST which is one of the most recent solution (2022 in Wall Street Journal).
Prior crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| AGO | 37 % | 3 |
| EARLIER | 16 % | 7 |
| ERE | 16 % | 3 |
| ANTECEDENT | 11 % | 10 |
| ANTERIOR | 11 % | 8 |
| PAST | 5 % | 4 |
| PREVIOUS | 5 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Prior
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- antecedent
- anterior
- preceding
- previous
- before
- earlier
- after
- initial
- previously
- past
- last
- early
Crossword Answer definitions
AGO adjective- Gone; gone by; gone away; passed; passed away.
- Nearly gone; dead (used in Devonshire at the turn of the 19th century)
- Before
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 AGO
- "... long, long ___"
- Before now
- Earlier
- Give it __ (try)
- Gone by
- Heretofore
- In the past
- Once upon a time
- Past
- "Give it ___"
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 ERE
- Before, to a 7-Down
- "... __ I saw Elba"
- "Able was I __ ..."
- Bard's before
- Before, once
- Before, to Browning
- Before, to Burns
- Before, to Keats
- I-I linkup, in a palindrome
- Long introduction?
More clues leading to the result ANTECEDENT
- Predecessor
- Forerunner
- Preceding.
- Prior.
- Prior to.
- Previous
- A pronoun has one
- The fool in "A fool and his money are soon parted"
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 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