Bodybuilder's pride

The answer

ABS

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ABS answer page.

Used 24 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• PECS (7 uses in xd)
• MUSCLES (5 uses in xd)
• LATS (4 uses in xd)
• TORSO (4 uses in xd)
• ABSOFSTEEL (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ABS

Every other clue in this collection answered by ABS, most used first.

• Tummy muscles - used 163 times, most recently in 2026
• Crunch targets - used 149 times, most recently in 2026
• Six-pack muscles - used 128 times, most recently in 2026
• Sit-up targets - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
• Belly muscles - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
• Core muscles - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
• Stomach muscles, for short - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Stomach muscles - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• Sit-up muscles - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• "Washboard" muscles - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Six-pack muscles, for short - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Tummy muscles, for short - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Stomach muscles, briefly - used 22 times, most recently in 2026

Related clues

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• Pitcher's pride - ARM, used 68 times

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