NYT Crossword · 40 Down
“Way back when” Crossword Clue
This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword for Thursday, June 6, 2024 as 40 Down. The answer has 7 letters. Reveal it below one square at a time, or open the hints first if you only want a push in the right direction.
Answer
NYT Crossword · Thursday, June 6, 2024 · 40 Down
This clue has had more than one answer
- Jun 6, 2024 · 40 Down · 7 letters
- Oct 13, 2023 · 9 Down · 4 letters
- Dec 15, 2022 · 1 Down · 7 letters
- Jan 20, 2021 · 19 Down · 3 letters
- Sep 28, 2011 · 15 Across · 4 letters
- Apr 13, 2010 · 8 Down · 3 letters
- Jan 28, 2009 · 31 Down · 3 letters
- Nov 17, 2008 · 26 Down · 4 letters
- May 6, 2008 · 30 Across · 3 letters
- Apr 19, 2007 · 37 Across · 3 letters
- Jan 4, 2006 · 25 Across · 4 letters
- Nov 23, 2005 · 11 Down · 9 letters
- Sep 8, 2003 · 47 Down · 7 letters
- Apr 2, 2003 · 29 Across · 7 letters
- Mar 20, 2003 · 43 Across · 4 letters
- Dec 31, 2001 · 45 Down · 7 letters
- Mar 30, 2001 · 52 Across · 7 letters
- Jul 28, 2000 · 37 Down · 7 letters
- Apr 29, 1999 · 30 Across · 3 letters
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The other clues from the NYT Crossword of Thursday, June 6, 2024.
Across
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- 6Word that looks like an alternative to "tisn't"? crossword clue4 letters
- 10Prep for a major renovation, say crossword clue3 letters
- 13Kind of acid crossword clue5 letters
- 14Beanpole material, often crossword clue4 letters
- 15Strike one! crossword clue4 letters
- 16Colorful grain crossword clue10 letters
- 18Dept. of Labor division crossword clue4 letters
- 19Services at a megachurch? crossword clue13 letters
- 21Wishful words crossword clue5 letters
- 22___ Valley, "the garden of France" crossword clue5 letters
- 23Bug specialist, briefly crossword clue5 letters
- 26Resells on game day, say crossword clue6 letters
- 28List in a fancy witchcraft guide? crossword clue13 letters
- 32Lead-in to sphere crossword clue3 letters
- 33Liqueur whose name translates as "bitter" in Italian crossword clue5 letters
- 34Second sight, for short crossword clue3 letters
- 37What a tentative quarterback throws? crossword clue13 letters
- 42Historical setting sought in "Everything Is Illuminated" crossword clue6 letters
- 43"The most important architect of our age," according to Vanity Fair crossword clue5 letters
- 44Fall in winter crossword clue5 letters
- 45One managing moguls crossword clue5 letters
- 48Long letters sent to the wrong person? crossword clue13 letters
- 52Cut and paste, e.g. crossword clue4 letters
- 53"The old me is gone" ... or what happened between the first and second parts of 19-, 28-, 37- and 48-Across? crossword clue10 letters
- 56Wine dregs crossword clue4 letters
- 57Cardinal point? crossword clue4 letters
- 58Very beginning crossword clue5 letters
- 59Acid crossword clue3 letters
- 60Slips crossword clue4 letters
- 61Name on a poster for 1942's "The Magnificent Ambersons" crossword clue5 letters
Down
- 1Fist bump crossword clue3 letters
- 2Bird with vestigial wings crossword clue3 letters
- 3Like some handshakes crossword clue4 letters
- 4Following the buddy system, say crossword clue7 letters
- 5Ballet company that premiered "Swan Lake" crossword clue7 letters
- 6Makeshift money crossword clue5 letters
- 7Art style associated with Henri Rousseau crossword clue5 letters
- 8Back then crossword clue4 letters
- 9Abound crossword clue4 letters
- 10Occasion to share dirt crossword clue10 letters
- 11Ballpark figures crossword clue6 letters
- 12Kid crossword clue5 letters
- 15Traditional Mexican stew crossword clue6 letters
- 17That, in Spanish crossword clue3 letters
- 20"Too bad!" crossword clue4 letters
- 23Cryophobe's fear crossword clue3 letters
- 24Gala garb crossword clue3 letters
- 25Foretold crossword clue10 letters
- 26"Why not?!" crossword clue4 letters
- 27Sorghum, e.g. crossword clue4 letters
- 29Boundless crossword clue4 letters
- 30Expressionist painter Nolde crossword clue4 letters
- 31Cleveland hoopster, familiarly crossword clue3 letters
- 35Spanish 101 verb crossword clue3 letters
- 36College department that might pay students to be test subjects: Abbr. crossword clue3 letters
- 38Experiments seen in "Oppenheimer" crossword clue6 letters
- 39Org. seeking alien life crossword clue4 letters
- 41Like a Zen garden vis-à-vis a zoo crossword clue7 letters
- 42Some sandals crossword clue6 letters
- 44"If you ___ what The Rock is cooking!" (old W.W.E. catchphrase) crossword clue5 letters
- 45Defame crossword clue5 letters
- 46Shoes, slangily crossword clue5 letters
- 47Sorta crossword clue3 letters
- 49Have good chemistry (with) crossword clue4 letters
- 50Sometime crossword clue4 letters
- 51Airman's superiors: Abbr. crossword clue4 letters
- 54Something a barb can hurt crossword clue3 letters
- 55Oxford figure crossword clue3 letters
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How many letters is the answer to “Way back when”?
The answer has 7 letters. It starts with A and ends with O, so you can check it against the squares you have already filled.
When was “Way back when” last seen?
Most recently in the NYT Crossword on Thursday, June 6, 2024, at 40 Down. It has appeared 19 times in the NYT Crossword since we started our archive.
What is the answer to the “Way back when” crossword clue?
It has had different answers on different days; the latest is AGESAGO. The answer section above lists each day with its answer.