| 20 answers for: In the ___ (before now) |
| RANK | ANSWER | CLUE |
| PAST | In the ___ (before now) |
| EVE | On the ___ before: the night before the big event? |
| CART | The wrong order: the ___ before the horse |
| CALM | The __ before the storm |
| FARFAREIS | The ___: Before the Norse (Book by Canada's Farley Mowat) |
| NIGHT | "'Twas the ___ before Christmas..." |
| LAND | "The ___ Before Time" |
| NIGHTMARE | Tim Burton film, The _ Before Christmas (9) |
| ERST | Before now, before now |
| BACKSTORY | Supports British politician in the plot before now (9) |
| EARLIER | Before now, ... in the day |
| TRON | Film with the tagline "A world inside the computer where man has never been. Never before now." |
| ERE | Before, before now |
| ARGON | Republican getting in before now with new element |
| HERE | As the Cockney said before now (4) |
| THING | Matchless non entity before now was a cut above the rest (3,4,5,5,6,5) |
| SLICED | Matchless non entity before now was a cut above the rest (3,4,5,5,6,5) |
| THEBEST | Matchless non entity before now was a cut above the rest (3,4,5,5,6,5) |
| BREAD | Matchless non entity before now was a cut above the rest (3,4,5,5,6,5) |
| SINCE | Matchless non entity before now was a cut above the rest (3,4,5,5,6,5) |
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