Answer: ONCE
ONCE is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 412 times.
Referring Clues:
- In times past
- Whenever
- As soon as
- Fairy tale's first word
- In the past
- Fairy tale starter
- Exceptional occasion
- A single time
- Second word of many limericks
- A long time ago
- Years ago
- Some time ago
- Fairy tale's opening word
- Ever
- Fairy tale opener
- Grimm beginning
- Enough, for some
- "Going ___, going..."
- Erstwhile
- Fairy tale beginning
- Auctioneer's word
- "___ bitten..."
- Story starter
- "___ bitten, twice shy"
- First word in a fairy tale
- On a single occasion
- ___ in a blue moon
- In olden times
- Story opening
- ___ and for all
- At some prior point
- In the old days
- Fairy tale start
- "Just this ___..."
- Give the ___-over
- Long ago
- Back then
- Enough, sometimes
- Formerly
- Storybook starter
- "__ Upon a Mattress" (play starring Carol Burnett)
- Storybook beginning
- "___ bitten ..."
- ___ upon a time
- Popular story start
- "___ upon a time"
- Almost never?
- A while back
- Immediately, after "at"
- Way back when
- Previously
- "There was a time ..."
- How coffee filters are used
- First word of "The Raven"
- For ___ (on this occasion)
- Years back
- A while ago
- Grimm opener
- Hardly at all
- After
- "When I was young …"
- In years past
- "___ upon a time ..."
- Without repetition
- First word of "Shrek"
- Between twice and never
- If ever
- It's enough, for some
- A bit more than never
- Fairy tale beginner
- "If I've told you ___,..."
- Fewer than twice
- "Measure twice, cut ___"
- "The Raven" opener
- Almost never
- At an earlier time
- Uniquely
- First word of many tales
- "The ___ and Future King"
- Fairy tale opening
- "___ Upon a Mattress"
- Never a second time
- "...___, shame on you; fool me twice..."
- " ___ I Had a Secret Love"
- At some point
- Limerick's second word, often
- Jacqueline Susann wrote that it's not enough
- Unrepeated
- Not twice
- "If I've told you ___ ..."
- Back in the day
- Just this time
- Never before and never again
- A time more than never
- Not to be repeated
- All at ___ (suddenly)
- Tale starter
- With 37-Down, a quick look
- In days gone by
- "Fool me __, shame on you ..."
- It's sometimes enough
- Start of many a story
- A Grimm beginning?
- Former
- At the moment when
- Siete + cuatro
- With 59-Down, again
- Eleven, in Ensanada
- Fairy tale starting word
- Tale head?
- Half of veintidós
- Common story starter
- First word of many fairy tales
- "___ Upon a Time in America"
- "___ Bitten" (1985 Jim Carrey comedy)
- 110% of diez
- Ocho + tres
- At a prior time
- "Just this __"
- Enough, in some cases
- "__ upon a time ..."
- "__ I built a railroad ...": Depression song lyrics
- It might be enough
- "Just this __ ..."
- Hardly ever
- With 16-Across, fairy tale opening
- Less than occasionally
- Fairy-tale starter
- Nearly never
- Fairy-tale beginning
- Not at present
- Head of a tale
- Not repeatedly
- Fairy-tale first word
- Story opener
- First word of a fairy tale
- Not currently
- In other days
- ''__ upon a time . . .''
- Fairy-tale opener
- Fairy-tale start
- __ upon a time
- First word of ''The Raven''
- Without a recurrence
- ''Going ___, going ...''
- Twice removed from thrice
- Not never, but close
- "If I told you ___ ..."
- ''The Raven'' opening
- Twice halved
- Second word in many a limerick
- Some years back
- Grimm beginning?
- ___-over (cursory glance)
- ''Measure twice, cut ___''
- This may be enough
- ''For ___ in My Life'' (Stevie Wonder)
- It's enough, in an expression
- Fairytale beginning
- Yesteryear
- ''___ upon a midnight dreary ...''
- Popular story starter
- ''___ upon a time ...''
- It's enough, it's said
- "Going ___ . . ." (auction phrase)
- "The Raven" start
- This time only
- "Going ___, going . . ."
- With "more," it's again
- Without duplication
- Nursery rhyme starter
- Single time
- ___ in a lifetime
- Not again
- Less than rarely
- It may be enough
- "For ___ in My Life" (Stevie Wonder)
- Start of a tale
- Story start
- Opportunity's frequency
- Never again
- ___-over (quick look)
- "If I've told you ___ . . ."
- "There was a time . . ."
- More than never
- No longer
- Never again?
- Bedtime story opening
- Start of a fairy tale
- Singly
- At some past point
- First word in many a fairy tale
- "Going ___ ..." (auctioneer's cry)
- In days of old
- "Going __, going ..."
- Start of a bedtime story
- "The Raven" opening
- ___ a day
- It's often enough
- Second word in many limericks
- "When I was young "
- "Going ___, going ..."
- "___ upon a midnight dreary ..."
- "Just this ___"
- "___ I built a railroad ...": Depression song lyrics
- "Just this ___ ..."
- "Fool me ___, shame on you ..."
- Not quite never
- "Just this ---"
- Thrice third
- Twice from thrice
- "Measure twice, cut ---"
- "Going ___ ..." (auction phrase)
- Storybook start
- "Fool me ___, shame on ..."
- "There was this time when..."
- Reminiscer's word
- One time
- ___ around the bases
- With 1-Down, every seven days
- "... ___ and for all!"
- Start of an epic spaghetti western
- At some previous point
- Start of many Grimm tales
- Tale start
- "The Raven" starter
- Without following up, say
- Formerly
- Second word of a limerick
- "I'll try anything ___"
- Quondam
- Less than twice
- Not a second time
- Start of "The Raven"
- Best way to make a mistake
- Tots' story starter
- "When I was a lad ..."
- "Going ___, going twice"
- Start of a story
- In another life
- "Going ___ ..."
- "Fool me ___, shame on you; fool me twice ..."
- How some cousins are removed?
- Single occurrence
- Head of a tale?
- Tony-winning musical of 2012
- Almost never, maybe
- It may never be enough
- In a past life
- Tale opening
- At a previous time
- "When I was young ..."
- With 42-Down, quick inspection
- Just a single time
- Give it a ___-over (scan)
- Tale beginning
- It is enough, according to some
- Start of many a tale
- 2012 Best Musical Tony winner
- Not again?
- At some prior time
- How many times Laurence Olivier won a Best Actor Oscar
- "If I've told you ___ ..."
- "___ upon a midnight dreary..."
- 2012 Tony winner for Best Musical
- See 6-Down
- The moment that
- In olden days
- Singular time
- Film whose "Falling Slowly" won the Best Original Song Oscar
- Upon the instant that
- Start of many fairy tales
- Grimm start
- In time past
- A single occasion
- Not anymore
- "For all" companion
- Grimm start?
- "___ bitten . . ."
- Common fairy-tale opener
- "___ a hero"
- Start of many a fairy tale
- Ages ago
- Children's story opener
- Not even twice
- A long while ago
- "I'll only say this ___ ..."
- Story's first word
- "___ and for all"
- One time only
- Certainly not often
- ___-over-lightly
- Start of a reminiscence
- Never before, never again
- At one time
- In former days
- Many moons ago
- At some time past
- "The Sea of Faith / Was ___, too, at the full ... ": "Dover Beach"
- It's enough, in a saying
- Yarn opener
- Before
- Halfway to twice
- In times gone by
- ___ in a while
- At some earlier time
- Way less than thrice
- Tale opener
- Aforetime
- Fairy tale word
- 'Measure twice, cut '
- Historically
- "___ Bitten" ('85 Hutton movie)
- In days past
- "Back in my day ..."
- Number of times Ben Hogan won the British Open
- At all
- At an earlier date
- At a former time
- Start of a Susann title
- Never to be repeated
- First fairy tale word
- First word in "The Raven"
- John Woo's "___ a Thief"
- How many times "in a lifetime"?
- Number of times a horse can enter the Kentucky Derby
- "Many moons ago ..."
- "Some time ago ..."
- "___ upon a midnight dreary ... "
- "Just this ___!"
- In a previous life
- Number of times Howard Hughes's Spruce Goose flew
- How often opportunity knocks
- See 14-Down
- "I remember the time ..."
- By a single step
- "There ___ was a ..."
- Never before or since
- "Back in the day..."
- ___ more
- Bedtime story opener
- Start to "The Raven"
- ___ upon a time ...
- Not before, and not since
- "Time was ... "
- "Enough" times?
- YOLO part
- Without repeating
- Far from often
- Some time back
- Third of thrice
- Limerick word
- "Fool me ___ ..."
- With 50-Down and 14-Across, fairy tale opening
- Reminiscence opener
- Way back in time
- In days of yore
- Part of YOLO
- With 62 Across, rehearsal request
- At some former time
- Before now
- "Time was ..."
- Without repeat
- You only live ___
- ___ bitten, twice shy
- From way back when
- Some years ago
- Beginning of many stories
- Barely at all
- The second "O" of YOLO
- First word of a fairy tale, often
- Number before doce
- First cousin ___ removed
- Two fewer than thrice
- First word of some fairy tales
- Introduction to a children's book?
- Not again!
- How many times TV's Perry Mason lost a case
- Slightly more than never
- "You only live ___"
- "___ is enough"
- How many times the Washington Nationals have won the World Series
- First word of "Into the Woods"
- ___-over
- In the distant past
- "Kiss her ___ for me" ("A Holly Jolly Christmas" lyric)
- At some point in the past
- First word of Poe's "The Raven"
- Not now
- "Fool me ___ ... "
- Last "O" in YOLO
- "___ upon a time …"
- "... cut ___": end of a carpentry maxim
- "back when i was a kid ..."
- "___ Upon a Dream"
- No more than a single time
- Heretofore
- "Back in my day …"
- "Back in the good old days …"
- "Everything Everywhere All at ___"
- Eleven, in El Salvador
- The last "O" of YOLO
- Starter of many a storybook
- Sometime in the past
- "Back in the day ..."
- Just that single time
- "___ is not enough"
- First word in many fairy tales
- "Christmas comes but ___ a year"
- Fairy tale first
- The second "O" of 58-Down
- Frost's "___ by the Pacific"
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- New York Times - July 30, 2025
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- LA Times - July 03, 2025
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- LA Times - May 26, 2025
- USA Today - May 22, 2025
- New York Times - May 15, 2025
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