Times crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Times” are SPACE, HORSE or MAGUS, with 5 letters. Below are 12 answers from 3 to 14 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

OLD 3 letters · noun

past times

SPACE 5 letters · noun

the interval between two times “it all happened in the space of 10 minutes”

SERIES 6 letters · noun

a periodical that appears at scheduled times

ANCIENT 7 letters · adjective

belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire “ancient history”

DISTANCE 8 letters · noun

the interval between two times “the distance from birth to death”

MULTIPLICATION 14 letters · noun

an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed “the multiplication of four by three gives twelve”

Telling them apart

With 5 squares, SPACE, HORSE and MAGUS all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: S → SPACE · H → HORSE · M → MAGUS. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 7 squares, ANCIENT, ALCHEMY and CLIPPER all fit. The fourth letter tells them all apart: I → ANCIENT · H → ALCHEMY · P → CLIPPER. Fill in that crossing answer first.

What “times” means

• noun: a more or less definite period of time now or previously present (“it was a sign of the times”)
• noun: an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed (“four times three equals twelve”)

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 TIMES, and words whose definition is TIMES. We don't copy answers from newspaper puzzles, so a clue that leans on trivia or wordplay may need the crossing letters instead.