Time crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Time” are CLIP, THEN or YEAR, with 4 letters. Below are 103 answers from 3 to 15 letters, best match first in each length, then what each top answer means and how to tell them apart.

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The best answers, explained

DAY 3 letters · noun

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis “two days later they left”

CLIP 4 letters · noun

an instance or single occasion for some event “he could do ten at a clip”

CLOCK 5 letters · verb

measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time “he clocked the runners”

SECOND 6 letters · noun

1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

MORNING 7 letters · noun

the time period between dawn and noon “I spent the morning running errands”

SENTENCE 8 letters · noun

the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned “his sentence was 5 to 10 years”

CONDITION 9 letters · noun

a state at a particular time “a condition (or state) of disrepair”

GENERATION 10 letters · noun

all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age

PROGRAMMING 11 letters · noun

setting an order and time for planned events

POSTPONEMENT 12 letters · noun

time during which some action is awaited

SYNCHRONIZING 13 letters · noun

the relation that exists when things occur at the same time

SYNCHRONIZATION 15 letters · noun

the relation that exists when things occur at the same time

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, CLIP, THEN, YEAR, LIFE, LAST and HOME all fit. The second letter tells them all apart: L → CLIP · H → THEN · E → YEAR · I → LIFE · A → LAST · O → HOME. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, CLOCK, METER, METRE, YEARS, PLACE and NIGHT all fit. The first letter settles most of it: C → CLOCK · M → METER, METRE · Y → YEARS · P → PLACE · N → NIGHT. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 3 squares, DAY, END, BIT, AGE, WEE and NAP all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: D → DAY · E → END · B → BIT · A → AGE · W → WEE · N → NAP. Fill in that crossing answer first.

Other forms of this clue

Clues often use another form of the word, and the answer then takes the same form: “timed” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “time” means

• noun: an instance or single occasion for some event (“this time he succeeded”)
• noun: a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something (“take time to smell the roses”)
• noun: an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities) (“the time of year for planting”)
• noun: a suitable moment (“it is time to go”)

A clue usually points at one of these senses, so the right answer is the one that matches the sense the puzzle means: check it against the crossing words.

About these answers

We match the clue against our own thesaurus and dictionary (Open English WordNet): words that mean the same as TIME, and words whose definition is TIME. We don't copy answers from newspaper puzzles, so a clue that leans on trivia or wordplay may need the crossing letters instead.