The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 2 plus 3 letter word AS YET
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result AS YET
- A year in decline until now
- Strangely easy time, until now
- Limitless haste carries you so far
- A very good person protecting you up to now
- Unoriginal simple film, so far
- Top airline also dropping Japan
- So far away several yetis entering Tibet’s most westerly extremes
- Inordinately easy start to Toughie? Till now!
- Discontented Americans ultimately say they’ve got to date
- Like legendary creature that’s lost its tail, for now
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The straight part
We know that "until now" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case until now = as yet.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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