"Dear --"
The crossword clue ""Dear --"" is answered by ABBY, a 4-letter entry. Used 19 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ABBY
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ABBY answer page.
Used 19 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for ABBY
Every other clue in this collection answered by ABBY, most used first.
- "Dear" advice giver - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- "Dear" columnist - used 15 times, most recently in 2017
- "Dear" one - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
- "Dear ___" (advice column) - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- First name in advice - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
- "Dear" advice columnist - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Soccer star Wambach - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Dear me! - ALAS, used 58 times
- "Oh, dear!" - ALAS, used 54 times
- "Dear ___ Hansen" - EVAN, used 44 times
- "Dear me!" - OHNO, used 32 times
- "Dear" ones - SIRS, used 25 times
- Dear partner - NEAR, used 19 times
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