Old
Crossword Clue and Answers

Today we have 63 crossword solutions for Old which appeared recently in Irish Independent - Simple.

We have deemed Old as a VERY COMMON crossword clue, we've seen it more than 63 times in a variety of crossword publications.

The most recent answer we found for this clue is "ANCIENT".

Publications

  • Irish Independent - Simple - Tuesday, 26 Oct 2021
  • The Guardian Quick - Friday, 20 Aug 2021
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Tuesday, 11 May 2021
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Thursday, 25 Mar 2021
  • The New York Times Crossword - Saturday, 17 Oct 2020
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Tuesday, 14 Jul 2020
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Friday, 5 Jun 2020
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Tuesday, 17 Dec 2019
  • The Guardian Quick - Wednesday, 23 Oct 2019
  • The New York Times Crossword - Thursday, 8 Mar 2018
  • The New York Times Mini - Tuesday, 4 Jul 2017
  • The New York Times Crossword - Thursday, 16 Feb 2017

Crossword Answers

3 letters

ELI

SAW
A power tool for cutting wood

4 letters

PASS
Accept or judge as acceptable; "The teacher passed the student although he was weak"

WORN
Affected by wear; damaged by long use; "worn threads on the screw"; "a worn suit"; "the worn pockets on the jacket"

USED
Of persons; taken advantage of; "after going out of his way to help his friend get the job he felt not appreciated but used"

PAST
A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past

YORE
Time long past

AGED
People who are old collectively; "special arrangements were available for the aged"

MAID
A female domestic

5 letters

TRITE
Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"

HOARY
Ancient; "hoary jokes"

OLDER
Skilled through long experience; "an old offender"; "the older soldiers"

PASSE
Out of fashion; "a suit of rather antique appearance"; "demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas"

STALE
Urinate, of cattle and horses

DATED
Marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past

EARLY
During an early stage; "early on in her career"

GLORY
An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint

6 letters

SENILE
Mentally or physically infirm with age; "his mother was doddering and frail"

MATURE
Become due for repayment; "These bonds mature in 2005"

YELLER
Someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice

BYGONE
Well in the past; former; "bygone days"; "dreams of foregone times"; "sweet memories of gone summers"; "relics of a departed era"

FORMER
The first of two or the first mentioned of two; "Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the former is remembered today"

7 letters

ONETIME
Belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover"

QUONDAM
Belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover"

OUTWORN

GRIZZLY
Powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America

ANCIENT
A very old person

ARCHAIC
Little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type; "archaic forms of life"; "primitive mammals"; "the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe"

ELDERLY
People who are old collectively; "special arrangements were available for the aged"

ANTIQUE
An elderly man

DODDERY
Mentally or physically infirm with age; "his mother was doddering and frail"

VINTAGE
The oldness of wines

TEDIOUS
Using or containing too many words; "long-winded (or windy) speakers"; "verbose and ineffective instructional methods"; "newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials"; "proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes"

8 letters

FAMILIAR
A friend who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms"

MEDIEVAL
Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages; "Medieval scholars"; "Medieval times"

PRIMEVAL
Having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state; "aboriginal forests"; "primal eras before the appearance of life on earth"; "the forest primeval"; "primordial matter"; "primordial forms of life"

TIRESOME
So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"

OUTMODED
Out of fashion; "a suit of rather antique appearance"; "demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas"

SEASONED
Rendered competent through trial and experience; "a seasoned traveler"; "veteran steadiness"; "a veteran officer"

PREVIOUS
Just preceding something else in time or order; "the previous owner"; "my old house was larger"

OUTDATED
Old; no longer valid or fashionable; "obsolete words"; "an obsolete locomotive"; "outdated equipment"; "superannuated laws"; "out-of-date ideas"

OVERDONE
Cooked too long but still edible

OBSOLETE
No longer in use; "obsolete words"

UNMODERN

TIMEWORN
Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"

SOMETIME
Belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover"

9 letters

ERSTWHILE
Belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover"

ONINYEARS

OUTOFDATE

LONGLIVED

VENERABLE
Profoundly honored; "revered holy men"

PRIMITIVE
A mathematical expression from which another expression is derived

HACKNEYED
Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"

10 letters

SUREENOUGH
Definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely'); "the results are surely encouraging"; "she certainly is a hard worker"; "it's going to be a good day for sure"; "they are coming, for certain"; "they thought he had been killed sure enough"; "he'll win sure as shooting"; "they sure smell good"; "sure he'll come"

UNORIGINAL
Not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual; "the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern"- Gwethalyn Graham

FOSSILLIKE

ANTIQUATED
So extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period; "a ramshackle antediluvian tenement"; "antediluvian ideas"; "archaic laws"

11 letters

HONESTTOGOD

PREHISTORIC
No longer fashionable; "my mother has these prehistoric ideas about proper clothes"

12 letters

ANTEDILUVIAN
Any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge

UNMODERNIZED
Not brought up to date

13 letters

ADVANCEDYEARS

16 letters

HONESTTOGOODNESS