The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 2 plus 2 plus 3 letter word UP TO NOW
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More clues leading to the result UP TO NOW
- So far ahead, number in tug
- Finally, John Woo put reboots all in the past
- Before today, author Sinclair seen with pained expression
- Doing nothing in Northwest yet
- Discovered two – not put about so far
- Like Billy Joel’s girl and Oscar moving west to date
- Busy doing the present? So far!
- So far, top-class war hero’s entertaining 100
- d So far off course, put Null island here?
- a Doing not the first jot of work thus far
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The cryptic/wordplay part
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