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First, middle or last things

Last seen in Universal Crossword October 4, 2025 Answers

Trying to solve the clue "First, middle or last things"? It was last seen in the Universal Crossword puzzle on October 4, 2025. From 190 answers in our database, NAMES (5 letters) is the best fit with a 99% match rate. We've ranked every potential solution below so you can find the one that works for your grid.

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190 Other Potential Answers

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NAMES
First, middle or last things
Universal Crossword · Oct 4, 2025
8%
SEE
Last word of the first verse of "Amazing Grace"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 4, 2026
8%
NUMBERSGAME
Illegal lottery (In this answer, note the first two and last two letters)
Universal Crossword · Mar 24, 2026
8%
CHILDHOODHOME
Nostalgic place to visit (... first three and last two letters)
Universal Crossword · Mar 24, 2026
8%
PIRATECOSTUME
Halloween outfit that may come with an eye patch (... first two and last two letters)
Universal Crossword · Mar 24, 2026
8%
MUSKPERFUME
Certain fragrance (... first two and last two letters)
Universal Crossword · Mar 24, 2026
8%
ANDYMURRAY
*2013 Wimbledon men's singles champion (In this answer, note the first letter and the last 4 letters)
Universal Crossword · Mar 5, 2026
8%
PHONEJACK
*Connection spot for a landline (... the first letter and the last 3 letters)
Universal Crossword · Mar 5, 2026
8%
GROWINGUP
*Maturing (... the first 3 letters and the last 2 letters)
Universal Crossword · Mar 5, 2026
8%
BINGEWATCH
*Get through a whole season in one sitting, say (... the first letter and the last 4 letters)
Universal Crossword · Mar 5, 2026
8%
MISSEDTHEBOAT
Lost out on an opportunity (In this answer, note the first letter and the last 3 letters)
Universal Crossword · Feb 4, 2026
8%
FEIGNSIGNORANCE
Acts unknowledgeable (... the first 2 and the last 3 letters)
Universal Crossword · Feb 4, 2026
8%
WARTSANDALL
Including imperfections (... the first 2 and the last 2 letters)
Universal Crossword · Feb 4, 2026
8%
HELDAGRUDGE
Harbored resentment (... the first 2 and the last 3 letters)
Universal Crossword · Feb 4, 2026
8%
ANDERSONCOOPER
CNN host and "60 Minutes" correspondent (In this clue's answer, note the last 4 letters and the first 1)
Universal Crossword · Dec 23, 2025
8%
POPSICLESTICK
Wooden piece in some DIY Christmas ornaments (... the last letter and the first 3)
Universal Crossword · Dec 23, 2025
8%
TALKAGOODGAME
Speak convincingly (... the last 2 letters and the first 3)
Universal Crossword · Dec 23, 2025
8%
OUTOFRANGE
Unable to pick up a signal (In this answer, note the first letter + the last 5 letters)
Universal Crossword · Dec 16, 2025
8%
PLANETARIUM
Theater where you can see all the biggest stars? (... first 2 letters + the last 2 letters)
Universal Crossword · Dec 16, 2025
8%
GRAPHICTEE
Shirt with a design (... first 4 letters + the last letter)
Universal Crossword · Dec 16, 2025
8%
PLAYITBYEAR
Deliver a scoreless performance? (... first letter + the last 3 letters)
Universal Crossword · Dec 16, 2025
8%
FROZENACCOUNT
Inaccessible bank holding (In this answer, note the first 3 letters + the last 2)
Universal Crossword · Dec 8, 2025
8%
PRESENTTENSE
Conjugation category (... first 3 letters + the last 5)
Universal Crossword · Dec 8, 2025
8%
ILLUSTRATION
Children's book feature (... first 5 letters + the last 3)
Universal Crossword · Dec 8, 2025
8%
CHARACTERCODE
Letter's numeric value, in computing (... first 5 letters + the last 2)
Universal Crossword · Dec 8, 2025
8%
FINGERWAVE
*S-shaped hairstyle (In this clue's answer, note the first two and last two letters)
Universal Crossword · Dec 2, 2025
8%
SELFDRIVEN
*Intrinsically motivated (... the first two and last three letters)
Universal Crossword · Dec 2, 2025
8%
NICELYDONE
*"Great job!" (... the first two and last two letters)
Universal Crossword · Dec 2, 2025
4%
NOBEL
Prize first awarded in 1901
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 25, 2026
4%
LEADS
Goes first
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 13, 2026
4%
GORILLAMONSOON
Hall of Fame wrestler who was a commentator for the first eight Wrestlemanias
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 12, 2026
4%
CHECKINDESK
Conventioneer's first stop
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 12, 2026
4%
STAR
Scrabble board symbol covered in the first play of the game
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 2, 2026
4%
SRS
Folks who are so last yr.
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 29, 2026
4%
UNIT
Second, but not first
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 27, 2026
4%
EXPIRED
Like last month's deals
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 23, 2026
4%
DRNO
James Bond's first movie foe
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 23, 2026
4%
BACKTOBACK
Consecutive, or a hint to what can follow the first parts and precede the second parts of 17-, 25-, 38-, 40-, and 49-Across
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 17, 2026
4%
MALL
Edina, Minnesota is home to the first U.S. indoor one
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 15, 2026
4%
JILL
Former first lady Biden
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 11, 2026
4%
EAST
Direction that plays first in mahjong
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 6, 2026
4%
ATONE
Square things
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 12, 2026
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ASK
The first "A" of Reddit's AMA
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 7, 2026
4%
NEWLY
For the first time
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 4, 2026
4%
IRS
Org. whose first commissioner was former treasury secretary George S. Boutwell
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 4, 2026
4%
WON
Was first
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 2, 2026
4%
OMEN
Sign of things to come
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 28, 2026
4%
WIN
Finish first
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 24, 2026
4%
THEEND
Famous last words?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 21, 2026
4%
RUNSONFUMES
Summons one's last bits of energy
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 17, 2026
4%
ESSENCE
Magazine whose first editorial director was Gordon Parks
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 9, 2026
4%
DON
Mattingly who was the Yankees starting first baseman for 12 seasons
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 5, 2026
4%
LED
Went first
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 25, 2026
4%
APBIO
HS course whose first unit is Chemistry of Life
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 21, 2026
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EPONYMS
People after whom things are named
Universal Crossword · Apr 17, 2026
4%
SOPUP
Get the last of, as gravy
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 14, 2026
4%
YALE
Ivy that was the first U.S. school to issue a Ph.D.
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 13, 2026
4%
CDS
Music holders first sold in '82
Universal Crossword · Apr 11, 2026
4%
ANN
The first "A" in Michigan's A2
Universal Crossword · Apr 11, 2026
4%
ALL
Every last one
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 9, 2026
4%
ANDALSO
"One last thing ... "
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 7, 2026
4%
VCRS
Media players last manufactured in 2016
Universal Crossword · Apr 5, 2026
4%
LEAD
Go first
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 5, 2026
4%
SOFTC
The first letter in "celery"
Universal Crossword · Apr 4, 2026
4%
BASSALE
Beer whose logo was the U.K.'s first registered trademark
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 4, 2026
4%
NEVERAGAIN
"That's the last time!"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 1, 2026
4%
SERIESFINALE
What might provide a last laugh
Universal Crossword · Mar 29, 2026
4%
LANDSPEEDRECORD
Achievement last set in 1997 in Nevada's Black Rock Desert
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 28, 2026
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EARS
Hearing things
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 26, 2026
4%
MORENO
Rita who's the first Hispanic woman to win an Oscar
Universal Crossword · Mar 25, 2026
4%
ZED
The last letter, across the pond
Universal Crossword · Mar 23, 2026
4%
RIMES
Apt-sounding last name for a poet
Universal Crossword · Mar 22, 2026
4%
TWEENSPEEDS
Data from a middle school track meet?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 22, 2026
4%
CASTERS
Help in making things go smoothly for furniture movers
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 20, 2026
4%
TRI
The first "T" of TNT
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 9, 2026
4%
ELECTRICCHARGES
They can make things more attractive
Universal Crossword · Mar 8, 2026
4%
NAPA
California valley that was one of the first American Viticultural Areas
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 5, 2026
4%
IROBOT
Asimov collection first published in 1950
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 5, 2026
4%
LOSE
Come in last
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 3, 2026
4%
OHARE
Home of the first jet bridge
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 27, 2026
4%
NOTETOSELF
Personal reminder ... or a hint to how the first letters of the starred clues' answers change
Universal Crossword · Feb 26, 2026
4%
FARRAR
Margaret who was the first editor of the New York Times crossword
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 26, 2026
4%
ELEANOR
Roosevelt who was first lady for 12 years
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 24, 2026
4%
EMMY
Statuette first awarded in 1949
Universal Crossword · Feb 18, 2026
4%
EVO
Former Bolivian president Morales whose first name is hidden in "the vote"
Universal Crossword · Feb 16, 2026
4%
AVRIL
Singer Lavigne whose first name is a French month
Universal Crossword · Feb 12, 2026
4%
ERIC
George Orwell's real first name
Universal Crossword · Feb 12, 2026
4%
APT
Like NBA player Lonzo Ball's last name
Universal Crossword · Feb 11, 2026
4%
ONE
Measure's first beat
Universal Crossword · Feb 11, 2026
4%
DENIM
Fabric first known as "sergé de Nîmes"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 11, 2026
4%
ADA
Programming language named for the first Countess of Lovelace
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 10, 2026
4%
DOUG
Pederson who coached the Eagles to their first Super Bowl win
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 8, 2026
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LIED
Made things up
Universal Crossword · Feb 7, 2026
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SIMILES
Like things?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 7, 2026
4%
TERMS
Stretch-y things
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 7, 2026
4%
USA
Winners of the first FIFA Women's World Cup
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 1, 2026
4%
GERI
Ginger Spice's first name
Universal Crossword · Jan 27, 2026
4%
CINDERELLASTORY
Underdog's feel-good narrative, and where to find the first words of the answers to the starred clues
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 26, 2026
4%
ASH
Sign that things got pretty heated?
Universal Crossword · Jan 24, 2026
4%
GOBLUE
University of Michigan cheer (In this answer, note the last four letters)
Universal Crossword · Jan 23, 2026
4%
ORNURSE
Surgeon's helper, for short (... last five letters)
Universal Crossword · Jan 23, 2026
4%
YESAND
Improv prompt (... last four letters)
Universal Crossword · Jan 23, 2026
4%
BAMAKO
Mali's capital (... last four letters)
Universal Crossword · Jan 23, 2026
4%
GOTABREAK
Lucked out at last
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 19, 2026
4%
DEARLY
How things may be missed or paid for
Universal Crossword · Jan 18, 2026
4%
GOLDENMEAN
Ideal middle ground
Universal Crossword · Jan 17, 2026
4%
MAKEMONEY
Turn a profit ... or what it sounds like the first two words of the starred clues' answers do?
Universal Crossword · Jan 16, 2026
4%
NINE
Number of things in a nonet
Universal Crossword · Jan 15, 2026
4%
LAWOMAN
Doors album whose last track is "Riders on the Storm"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 14, 2026
4%
YORK
City where the Peppermint Pattie was first produced
Universal Crossword · Jan 13, 2026
4%
DODOBIRD
Flightless species last seen in the 1660s
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 13, 2026
4%
OCHOA
Astronaut Ellen who was the first Latina director of the Johnson Space Center
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 12, 2026
4%
INEEDAWIN
"Hope things get better for me"
Universal Crossword · Jan 10, 2026
4%
DAISY
Princess who first appeared in Super Mario Land
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 10, 2026
4%
WREN
Bird whose first letter is silent
Universal Crossword · Jan 9, 2026
4%
PETCAT
Scratching post user (Note the last 3 letters of this answer + ...)
Universal Crossword · Jan 8, 2026
4%
AMARANTH
"Ancient grain" that's actually a seed (... the first 6 letters of this answer)
Universal Crossword · Jan 8, 2026
4%
TOONIE
Canadian $2 coin (... first 4 letters)
Universal Crossword · Jan 8, 2026
4%
HYDRATED
Having drunk enough (... first 2 letters)
Universal Crossword · Jan 8, 2026
4%
ERODE
Slowly undermine (... first 2 letters)
Universal Crossword · Jan 8, 2026
4%
CRAM
Study at the last minute
Universal Crossword · Jan 7, 2026
4%
ETSY
The first item sold on it was a flamingo-print zip pouch
Universal Crossword · Jan 3, 2026
4%
DOSSIER
Secret agent's file (... last letter)
Universal Crossword · Jan 1, 2026
4%
EYES
Seeing things
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 1, 2026
4%
SELFCENTERED
Mission: Stand in the middle for a picture. Status: ___
Universal Crossword · Dec 30, 2025
4%
EVILS
Unholy things
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 28, 2025
4%
DEBATER
Person who may be the first affirmative speaker
Universal Crossword · Dec 27, 2025
4%
POOLTABLE
"What I did last summer" essay penned by a lifeguard?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 19, 2025
4%
OSWALD
The Penguin's first name
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 19, 2025
4%
SETS
Groups of things
Universal Crossword · Dec 18, 2025
4%
TEN
Sum of the first three prime numbers
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 17, 2025
4%
IDEA
Innovator's first step
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 17, 2025
4%
EID
Holiday that begins with the first sighting of the crescent moon
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 14, 2025
4%
ERIK
Author Weihenmayer who was the first blind person to summit Mount Everest
Universal Crossword · Dec 13, 2025
4%
MUSEUM
The first "M" of MoMA
Universal Crossword · Dec 10, 2025
4%
ENEMY
Glinda, to Elphaba, at first
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 7, 2025
4%
ASITIS
"The way things stand ... "
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 5, 2025
4%
ODDSANDENDS
Miscellaneous things ... and what the indicated letters in the starred clues' answers are?
Universal Crossword · Dec 2, 2025
4%
MIXINGBOWLS
Places where ingredients become one ... and what the scrambled first words of 17-, 33- and 39-Across are doing?
Universal Crossword · Dec 1, 2025
4%
PAGES
Oft-turned things in a spy thriller
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 28, 2025
4%
DAB
Smack-__ in the middle
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 27, 2025
4%
SSN
ID first issued in 1936
Universal Crossword · Nov 25, 2025
4%
TAPDANCE
Make things click onstage?
Universal Crossword · Nov 23, 2025
4%
DOSA
Pancake that becomes a drink when its first and third letters are switched
Universal Crossword · Nov 20, 2025
4%
AMONG
In the middle of
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 20, 2025
4%
FINISHINGTOUCHES
Details that make things perfect, and what 18-, 24-, 39-, and 53-Across have
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 19, 2025
4%
AGEONE
Timing of many first steps
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 19, 2025
4%
EARVIN
Magic Johnson's first name
Universal Crossword · Nov 17, 2025
4%
OBAMA
Former first lady Michelle
Universal Crossword · Nov 15, 2025
4%
AMBI
Both, at first
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 15, 2025
4%
ALAMO
Davy Crockett's last stand
Universal Crossword · Nov 13, 2025
4%
SOUNDADVICE
Wise words ... or 17-, 28- and 44-Across, based on their first words?
Universal Crossword · Nov 12, 2025
4%
PLEASE
Polite word repeated in the Beatles' first album title
Universal Crossword · Nov 11, 2025
1%
ETCH
Make a lasting impression?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 26, 2026
1%
ADAM
Guy known for his first-person perspective?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 22, 2026
1%
LOMO
Cheap, plastic camera type
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 6, 2026
1%
SARAN
Plastic wrap brand
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 18, 2026
1%
BALL
Blast
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 18, 2026
1%
PIET
Neoplasticism pioneer Mondrian
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 18, 2026
1%
SWEEPINGCHANGES
Overhauls that have lasting effects, or what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 3, 2026
1%
TENSILE
Like elastic material
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 11, 2026
1%
NERFGUN
Toy ball blaster
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 26, 2026
1%
AMP
Rock blaster
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 25, 2026
1%
MASSEMAIL
Blast that's often annoying
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 18, 2026
1%
PERM
Long-lasting 'do
Universal Crossword · Apr 15, 2026
1%
ROPE
Plastic Clue weapon
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 29, 2026
1%
IVE
K-pop girl group, or a first-person contraction
Universal Crossword · Mar 17, 2026
1%
HEATSEAL
Make airtight using thermoplastics, say
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 15, 2026
1%
UCONN
NCAA school with the most first-round WNBA draft picks
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 26, 2026
1%
ETERNAL
Everlasting
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 20, 2026
1%
LAST
__-in first-out
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 17, 2026
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CAIN
Eve's firstborn
Universal Crossword · Feb 10, 2026
1%
NIGHT
On Venus, it lasts approximately 58 Earth days
Universal Crossword · Feb 9, 2026
1%
ALTEREGOS
Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl, e.g.
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 4, 2026
1%
TNT
Blasting material
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 28, 2026
1%
BALLPIT
*Play area with plastic spheres
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 26, 2026
1%
BASH
Big blast
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 20, 2026
1%
DIVE
Go in headfirst
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 13, 2026
1%
BAGS
Paper or plastic items
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 31, 2025
1%
DAY
It lasts 5,832 hours on Venus
Universal Crossword · Dec 30, 2025
1%
SOLO
Brand of red plastic cups
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 29, 2025
1%
IVC
Pipe plastic, for short
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 28, 2025
1%
CRATER
Result of a blast from the past?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 24, 2025
1%
SOMERSET
Home of the Glastonbury Festival
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 6, 2025
1%
ARTUR
Fischer who invented the plastic drywall anchor
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 6, 2025
1%
ATEIT
Fell face-first
Universal Crossword · Dec 4, 2025
1%
YOYOS
Playthings with strings (Note letters 3-5 in this answer + letters 2-6 in 45-Down)
Universal Crossword · Dec 3, 2025
1%
STOOD
___ the test of time (lasted)
Universal Crossword · Nov 23, 2025
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ONA
__ first-name basis
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 23, 2025
1%
PAST
Blast from the __
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 11, 2025

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How many possible solutions does "First, middle or last things" have?
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What is the best answer for "First, middle or last things"?
The best answer for "First, middle or last things" is NAMES with 5 letters. This answer has a 99% confidence rating based on our database of crossword solutions.
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