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Answer: ADAGE

ADAGE is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 197 times.

Referring Clues:

• "Penny wise, pound foolish," e.g.
• "Haste makes waste," e.g.
• Saw
• "Too many cooks spoil the broth," e.g.
• "Love thy neighbor" is one
• Words of wisdom
• "If it ain't broke, don't fix it," e.g.
• "Waste not, want not," e.g.
• Saying
• "Measure twice, cut once," e.g.
• "Beggars can't be choosers," e.g.
• "Don't cry over spilt milk," e.g.
• Encapsulated observation
• Byword
• "Time is money," e.g.
• Old saw
• You can say that again
• Often-quoted line
• Wise saying
• Poor Richard's Almanack item
• Proverb
• Maxim
• Bit of wisdom
• Part of Poor Richard's Almanack
• Bit of old wisdom
• "Time is money," for one
• Sometime sampler stitching
• "Poor Richard's Almanack" bit
• Oft-repeated words
• "There is no I in TEAMWORK," e.g.
• "What goes around, comes around," for one
• Traditional truism
• "Beauty is only skin-deep," e.g.
• "Poor Richard's Almanack" tidbit
• Observational saying
• Memorable saying
• The golden rule, e.g.
• "What goes up must come down," e.g.
• Age-old expression
• "Insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results," e.g.
• "Poor Richard's Almanack" maxim
• Sampler sentence
• Wise old saying
• Words from the wise
• "Know thyself," for one
• Saying such as the one formed from the first words of 17-, 37-, and 57-Across
• Pithy platitude
• Wise remark
• Succinct saying
• Saying with meaning
• Proverbial saying
• "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is," for one
• Time-tested truism
• Traditional saying
• "Still waters run deep," for example
• Item in "Poor Richard's Almanack"
• Old saying
• Bit of folk wisdom
• "A stitch in time" starts one
• Memorable words
• "A stitch in time ...," e.g.
• Saying to remember
• "Love conquers all," e.g.
• Pithy saying
• Words to the wise
• Madison Ave. publication
• Words to live by
• ''Time is money,'' e.g.
• "He who hesitates is lost," e.g.
• ''Love conquers all,'' e.g.
• ''Beggars can't be choosers,'' e.g.
• ''Measure twice, cut once,'' e.g.
• ''Look before you leap,'' for example
• ''Penny wise, pound foolish,'' e.g.
• "A neat ship is a sweet ship," e.g.
• "If the shoe fits, wear it," e.g.
• Maxim or saw
• Murphy's Law, e.g.
• "Nothing ventured nothing gained," e.g.
• "That's life!" e.g.
• Simple saying
• Poor Richard's forte
• Time-honored truism
• "Beauty is only skin deep," e.g.
• "Penny-wise, pound-foolish," e.g.
• Silence is golden, e.g.
• Truism
• "Money talks," for one
• "Haste makes waste," for one
• "Love conquers all" is one
• "Love is blind," e.g.
• Axiom
• Pearl from Poor Richard
• It may become a cliché
• Memorable maxim
• "Red sky at night, sailor's delight," e.g.
• Timeworn observation
• "Let sleeping dogs lie," e.g.
• "Look before you leap," e.g.
• "Look before you leap," for example
• "A stitch in time saves nine," e.g.
• "All's fair in love and war," e.g.
• Common observation
• "A watched pot never boils" is one
• "Money talks," e.g.
• Terse truth
• Wise words
• Wise truism
• Familiar saying
• "A watched pot never boils," for one
• One might be rendered in needlepoint
• "Two heads are better than one," for one
• "Honesty is the best policy," e.g.
• Aphorism
• Old truism
• "What goes around, comes around," e.g.
• Timeworn truism
• "Nothing ventured, nothing gained," e.g.
• "Poor Richard's Almanack" excerpt
• Ben Franklin witticism
• "Honey catches more flies than vinegar," e.g.
• "Time flies," e.g.
• "Nothing ventured, nothing gained," for one
• Terse observation
• Platitude
• Cliché, often
• "A penny saved is a penny earned," e.g.
• "Don't shit where you eat," e.g.
• "Haste makes waste", e.g.
• "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is," e.g.
• Any of Aesop's morals
• Oft-repeated words of wisdom
• "Don't count your chickens before they hatch," e.g.
• Oft-quoted saying
• Murphy's Law, for one
• "Better safe than sorry," e.g.
• Pearl of wisdom, perhaps
• "That's how the ball bounces," e.g.
• Often-quoted saying
• Bit of grandmotherly advice
• What may follow "they say"
• Timeworn words
• "Two wrongs don't make a right," e.g.
• Trite saying
• "Poor Richard's Almanack" offering
• Poor Richard pronouncement
• Old maxim
• Apothegm
• "A closed mouth gathers no foot," e.g.
• Condensed, memorable saying
• "Clothes make the man," e.g.
• "Better a witty fool, than a foolish wit," e.g.
• "Many hands make light work," e.g.
• Motto
• Old saw?
• "Opposites attract" is one
• Instructive saying
• Poor Richard gem
• "Look before you leap," for one
• Tried-and-true saying
• Era of commercials?
• Many a line from Benjamin Franklin
• "Waste not, want not," for one
• Word from the wise
• "Better late than never," e.g.
• Popular saying
• "Great minds think alike," e.g.
• Word from the Latin for "I say"
• Longstanding observation
• "Don't judge a book by its cover," for instance
• "Fish and visitors stink after three days," for one
• Sampler wisdom
• "Curiosity killed the cat," e.g.
• There are two pennies in a classic one
• "Love conquers all," for example
• Traditional maxim
• "Opposites attract," for one
• Time-honored words
• Wise maxim
• "Opposites attract," e.g.
• "Words have consequences," e.g.
• "Accidents will happen," e.g.
• "There's no such thing as a free lunch," e.g.
• "Forbidden fruit is the sweetest," e.g.
• "Better late than never," for one
• Common saying
• Relative of an apothegm
• Opposites attract, e.g.
• "Practice makes perfect," e.g.
• Fortune favors the bold e.g.
• "A rolling stone gathers no moss," e.g.
• Sage saying
• Pithy bit of wisdom
• "The early bird gets the worm," for one
• "Laughter is the best medicine," e.g.
• "A picture is worth a thousand words," e.g.
• Just saying?

Last Seen In:

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• USA Today - June 30, 2025
• USA Today - April 14, 2025
• LA Times - March 22, 2025
• New York Times - December 30, 2024
• LA Times - November 25, 2024
• USA Today - November 04, 2024
• USA Today - November 01, 2024
• New York Times - October 21, 2024
• USA Today - October 08, 2024
• LA Times - September 17, 2024
• USA Today - September 06, 2024
• New York Times - August 05, 2024
• LA Times - May 27, 2024
• LA Times - May 02, 2024
• LA Times - December 26, 2023
• New York Times - November 03, 2023
• USA Today - October 24, 2023
• USA Today - October 10, 2023

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