Answer: ABSENT
ABSENT is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 63 times.
Referring Clues:
- Heading on a roll book
 - Out
 - Not in class
 - Cutting out
 - Missing
 - Away
 - Without
 - Not in the picture
 - Playing hooky
 - Part of AWOL
 - Not here
 - Not at school
 - Not present
 - Whimsical roll-call response
 - Like someone who has no class?
 - AWOL part
 - Classless?
 - Not attending
 - Not around
 - Not in attendance
 - Roll book heading, perhaps
 - Not in the same class?
 - Marked as a no-show
 - Out of one's class, say
 - Truant, perhaps
 - Out of the picture
 - Gone
 - Out sick
 - Home sick, maybe
 - Somewhere else
 - Not all there?
 - Missing, in a way
 - Missing from class
 - Cutting, maybe
 - Not there
 - Like a no-show
 - Like a sick student, probably
 - Lacking
 - Not answering roll call
 - Out of one's class
 - Attendance book notation
 - Ditching class, say
 - Attendance sheet notation
 - Roll call notation
 - Not in the team photo
 - Like the letter R in this puzzle's entire solution
 - Playing hooky, say
 - Elsewhere
 - Out of class
 - Missing school
 - Missing class
 - Not answering at roll call
 - Not in school today
 - The "A" of AWOL
 - Truant
 - Not in class today
 - Jokey response during a roll call
 - One way to be marked
 - Neither here nor there
 - Playing hooky, perhaps
 - Not in English, say
 - ___-minded
 - Skipping music, say
 
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - July 12, 2025
 - LA Times - July 08, 2025
 - LA Times - January 24, 2025
 - USA Today - July 15, 2024
 - New York Times - June 14, 2024
 - USA Today - June 06, 2024
 - LA Times - April 17, 2024
 - USA Today - December 14, 2023
 - LA Times - October 23, 2023
 - LA Times - October 21, 2023
 - LA Times - September 03, 2023
 - LA Times - August 01, 2023
 - New York Times - April 26, 2023
 - LA Times - December 15, 2022
 - New York Times - August 30, 2022
 - USA Today - July 25, 2022
 - LA Times - March 22, 2022
 - Universal - May 12, 2021
 - Netword - April 21, 2021
 - New York Times - October 20, 2020
 
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