Clues for the word "LATE"
We've had 281 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 1132 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily American crossword on February 18, 2026.
Definition of late
- v. - Coming after the time when due, or after the usual or proper time; not early; slow; tardy; long delayed; as, a late spring.
- v. - Far advanced toward the end or close; as, a late hour of the day; a late period of life.
- v. - Existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now; lately deceased, departed, or gone out of office; as, the late bishop of London; the late administration.
- v. - Not long past; happening not long ago; recent; as, the late rains; we have received late intelligence.
- v. - Continuing or doing until an advanced hour of the night; as, late revels; a late watcher.
- a. - After the usual or proper time, or the time appointed; after delay; as, he arrived late; -- opposed to early.
- a. - Not long ago; lately.
- a. - Far in the night, day, week, or other particular period; as, to lie abed late; to sit up late at night.
Referring Clues
- Overdue
- Behind schedule
- After the bell
- Like an inveterate procrastinator
- Better than never?
- Midnight or beyond
- Like the White Rabbit
- Delayed
- After curfew
- How workaholics often work
- With 55-Down, Insomniac's TV fare
- Eleventh-hour
- When repeated, like some shows
- Missing a deadline
- Word repeated before show
- Running behind
- Fall-blooming, say
- Recently deceased
- How one might run
- Still not there
- Better ___ than never
- "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be ___)"
- After midnight, say
- Recent
- Missing the deadline
- Behind
- After the whistle
- Missing the boat
- Subject to a fine, maybe
- Recently departed
- Pushing midnight, say
- Tardy
- Missing the boat, say
- Likely to miss the bus, say
- Former
- Like some shifts
- Not on time
- After the buzzer
- In the wee hours
- Behind time
- After-hours
- "Better ___ than never"
- Wee-hours
- Not on schedule
- Like some bloomers
- Not punctual
- Likely to miss the bus
- Not in time
- Going on 1 a.m.
- Subject to penalties, perhaps
- Hung up, maybe
- Ex-
- After the deadline
- Delinquent
- Kind of bloomer
- Needing a pass, maybe
- Hectic way to be running?
- Stuck in traffic, say
- Just in time to see the train pull out?
- Kind of fee
- Stressful way to run
- Past one's bedtime
- Past due
- With 64-Down, bill payer's concern
- Subject to a library fine
- Past the deadline
- Well into the night
- Dilatory
- After some delay
- After midnight
- Expected earlier
- Held up, maybe
- Keeping everyone waiting
- Like Letterman's show
- Still not in
- Until all hours
- How procrastinators run
- Type of edition
- It's better than never?
- Type of shift
- Midnight or beyond, to some
- Accommodating to night owls
- Behind the clock
- Like some bill payments
- Ten minutes after the hour?
- Not at the expected time
- Like a fashionable arrival
- Like a fashionable arrival, in some circles
- After midnight, to Cinderella
- Midnight, for most
- Like the White Rabbit of Wonderland
- Like some shifts or shows
- How busy people often work
- Past curfew
- Just in time to see the train pull off?
- Fashionable way to arrive?
- Held up
- Incurring a fine, maybe
- After deadline
- Like Carroll's rabbit
- Better-than never connection
- "I'm ___!" (White Rabbit's cry)
- In need of a hall pass, perhaps
- Like some editions
- Hurrying, maybe
- Running ___
- Running ___
- One way to run
- Making everybody wait
- Off schedule
- Like fashionable partygoers?
- Stuck in traffic, perhaps
- In trouble with the boss, maybe
- After the due date
- It's better than never, in a saying
- Night owl's time
- Postdeadline
- Like some illegal gridiron hits
- Subject to a penalty fee, maybe
- Dead
- After time
- Fashionable, some say
- Like some borrowed library books
- Into the wee hours
- Going on 2 in the morning
- Incurring a fine, perhaps
- In arrears
- Quite advanced
- With 20-Across, Conan's domain
- Going on 2 a.m.
- Of ___ (recently)
- ___ fee
- Not long-departed
- With 14-Down, like some talk shows
- "The ___ Show"
- Pregnant, maybe
- When repeated, kind of show
- Tardy to the party
- Not when expected
- Far into the night
- Better this than never
- Up-to-the-minute
- At nine and a half months, say
- See 36-Down
- One way to be running or working
- "It's never too ___"
- How some busy people run
- Like some shows
- Partner of great
- All-too-common flight status
- Like some additions and editions
- Passed on
- Not on cue
- Fashionable?
- Untimely?
- Unimpressive
- Fit for night owls
- Bad way to run
- Wishing one had left sooner
- Worthy of a tardy slip
- Like the baby in a 9 1/2-month pregnancy
- Like a night owl's hours
- Behindhand
- Running behind schedule
- After 11 p.m.
- After the proper time
- ___ bloomer
- Opposite of early
- After the expected time
- Getting to class after the bell
- Far from early
- "etter ___ than never22
- Arriving after the bell has rung
- Past deadline
- Advanced
- Past time
- "I know it's ___, I know you're weary ..."
- When a star arrives?
- "It's too ___, baby" Carole King
- "Too ___ for Love" Def Leppard
- Ben Folds song after curfew?
- Alison Krauss "Called my baby ___ last night"
- Queen "It's ___"
- Queen song "It's ___"
- Triumph "It's ___ at night and I can't sleep"
- Like Paul Simon's "Evening"?
- "Round here we stay up very, very, very, very ___"
- ... and others got up tardily
- Departed from city townspeople vacated
- Not yet arrived - departed
- Apprentice dined and departed
- After a time, left to take tea, possibly
- The former, who should have been here by now?
- Not quick or not quick enough
- Still to come or already gone?
- Not early
- Tardy with some of the collateral
- Dead of night?
- Passed on (but still not passed by!)
- Into the night
- Departed, somewhat ill at ease
- Yet to arrive?
- Dead and the rest raised
- Former pupil wasted away
- No time for coffee long delayed
- Gone, though still to come?
- Arriving after the bell
- Seth Myers show adjective
- Letterman's time
- At days end
- Bad way to get to work
- Like Carroll's White Rabbit
- Most recent
- Held up in traffic, say
- Left a note and departed
- Deceased
- Related when Communist left for dead
- Delayed; dead
- US city Lawrence discovered recently
- Delayed, left then had meal
- Behind schedule or up to date?
- Departed behind schedule
- Delayed dish, quietly taken away
- Former line put away
- Former illustration in book with page missing
- 1 seen off course, how much behind schedule?
- Behind roofing slab, roof missing
- Better than never?
- Defying expectations?
- Better than never, it's said
- Fashionable way to arrive?
- Rushing, perhaps
- At midnight, say
- Untimely?
- How the fashionable are said to arrive
- Like a literary rabbit
- Departed after a time
- Word often paired with "great"
- It's better than never, they say
- Like an illegal hit, in football
- Subject to a penalty fee, perhaps
- Far on in the day or night
- Having missed the boat
- Having a timing problem
- The ex who's keeping one waiting
- Past the expected time
- Well into the evening, say
- Galatea's keeping us waiting
- Flight-board posting
- Word used twice to describe James Corden’s show
- Having missed the deadline
- Past one's bedtime, say
- Past the due date
- Unpunctual
- "You're ___!" (reproof)
- Out past curfew
- Not prompt
- "Super ___ Bloomer" (Julia Kaye collection)
- *Produce milk
- Making people wait, maybe
- After normal hours
- The former, who should have been here by now?
- Fashionably ___
- Arriving at 5:17 to a 5:00 event
- How fashionable people arrive, it's said
- Like getting to class after the bell
- Way to sleep or run
- Post-deadline
- Arriving to class after the bell
- Like homework turned in after it's due
- K) Tardy
- With 48-Across, one who is eventually successful
- Like someone who was just stuck in traffic, probably
- In after the deadline
- A long way from early
- Like hotel checkouts that may cost extra
- Not a good way to arrive
- Keeping folks waiting
- In the wee hours of the night
- Arriving at 8:00 for a 7:00 dinner, say
- Fashionable time to arrive, it's said
Last Seen In
- Daily American - February 18, 2026
- Daily American - February 14, 2026
- Penny Dell Sunday - February 08, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - February 06, 2026
- Mirror Daily - February 02, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 25, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 14, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - January 10, 2026
- New York Times - December 29, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 27, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 20, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 19, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - December 05, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 03, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - December 01, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 09, 2025
- Daily American - November 06, 2025
- New York Times - November 01, 2025
- Daily American - October 28, 2025
- Daily Quick - October 26, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 22, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - October 16, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - October 09, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 04, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - September 29, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 28, 2025
- New York Times - September 24, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 19, 2025
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