Former Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Former last seen in LA Times Daily puzzle. We have found 41 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is PRIOR.

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23 Potential Answers:

AnswerLengthSourceDate
PRIOR Former (5) LA Times Daily Sep 28, 2025
ONETIME Former (3-4) (7) Puzzler Jul 13, 2025
OLD Former (3) Puzzler Backwords May 26, 2025
ERSTWHILE Former (9) Mirror Tea Time Aug 10, 2024
PAST Former (4) Universal May 26, 2024
EARLIER Former (7) (7) Puzzler Jan 3, 2024
OLDER Former (5) The Telegraph Quick Jun 10, 2023
SOMETIME Former (8) Eugene Sheffer May 14, 2022
BYGONE Former (6) Universal Apr 21, 2022
QUONDAM Former (7) The Times Concise Mar 24, 2022

18 Similar Clues:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
25% EXES Formers (4)
24% SST Former flier (3) Eugene Sheffer Oct 8, 2025
24% ALUMNUS Former student (7) The Times Concise Sep 22, 2025
24% S Former spouses (1) USA Today Quick Sep 17, 2025
24% SCAR Former wound (4) USA Today Jul 26, 2025
24% ALUMNI Former students (6) The Times Concise Jul 17, 2025
23% ELD Former times, in former times (3) Wall Street Journal May 30, 2020
23% ORRS A former Bruin and a former Colt (4)
22% CALCUTTA Former name of India's former capital (8) The Times Specialist Sunday May 21, 2023
21% ALMA ___ mater (former school) (4)

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"Former" is a clue for the word "PRIOR" in a crossword puzzle. In this context, "prior" means something that came before or was earlier in time or order. It's a concise way to refer to something that was previously mentioned or existed.