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The Clue

Late (6 letter answer)

The Answer

RECENT

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Notes

The answer RECENT is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 850 puzzles.

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Definition

RECENT as a noun:

1. (Holocene, Holocene epoch, Recent, Recent epoch) = approximately the last 10,000 years

RECENT as an adjective:

1. being new in a time not long past; "recent graduates"; "a recent addition to the house"; "recent buds on the apple trees"
2. (late, recent) = of the immediate past or just previous to the present time; "a late development"; "their late quarrel"; "his recent trip to Africa"; "in recent months"; "a recent issue of the journal"
3. near to or not long before the present; "recent times"; "of recent origin"