He wrote "The College Widow"

The answer

ADE

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

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 1991; first recorded in 1949. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ADE

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

• Sports drink suffix - used 92 times, most recently in 2026
• Fruit drink - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
• Summer cooler - used 74 times, most recently in 2026
• Citrus drink - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
• Citric beverage - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
• Summer drink - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
• Citrus drink suffix - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• Fruity drink - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• Humorist George - used 52 times, most recently in 2011
• Drink suffix - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Summer quaff - used 46 times, most recently in 2013
• Fruity drink suffix - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• "Fables in Slang" author - used 38 times, most recently in 2010
• Fruity quaff - used 35 times, most recently in 2023
• Lime drink - used 32 times, most recently in 2023
• Gator tail? - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Lemon drink - used 28 times, most recently in 2019
• Beverage suffix - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Fruit drink suffix - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
• Drink - used 25 times, most recently in 1981
• Hoosier humorist - used 24 times, most recently in 2001
• American humorist. - used 21 times, most recently in 1996
• Citrus cooler - used 21 times, most recently in 2016
• Suffix for stock - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
• Suffix with lemon or lime - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Suffix with Gator - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Hoosier writer. - used 16 times, most recently in 1968
• Orange drink - used 16 times, most recently in 2009
• Summer drink suffix - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Soft drink - used 15 times, most recently in 1999
• Stand buy - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Gator's tail? - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
• Suffix with cannon - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Fruity cooler - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Lemon finish - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Noun suffix. - used 13 times, most recently in 1968
• Thirst quencher - used 13 times, most recently in 2019
• Citrus beverage suffix - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Citrus suffix - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• U. S. humorist - used 12 times, most recently in 1991
• Juice drink - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
• Stock ending - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
• Suffix with lemon - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Fruit punch - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Lemon attachment - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Summer refresher - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• "The College Widow" author - used 10 times, most recently in 2006
• Commercial suffix with "Gator" or "Power" - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Suffix for "Gator" or "Power" - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Summer beverage - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Summer quencher - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Sweetened beverage - used 9 times, most recently in 2006
• Author of "Fables in Slang" - used 8 times, most recently in 2005
• Cool drink - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Cooler - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Fruity beverage - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• King Sunny ___ - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• Picnic drink - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• Sidewalk stand drink - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Suffix for block - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Suffix for "lemon" or "Gator" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Cannon attachment? - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Citric drink - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Citrine cooler - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• Commercial suffix with Gator - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Drink ending - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Ending for lemon or lime - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Hoosier author. - used 7 times, most recently in 1962
• Lemon or lime drink - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Suffix for "lemon" or "lime" - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Suffix with lemon or orange - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Citric quaff - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Citric quencher - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Citrus beverage - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Citrusy suffix - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Dog-days drink - used 6 times, most recently in 2004
• "Fables in Slang" author George - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Fruit beverage - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Fruity refresher - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Gator chaser? - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Hoosier humorist George - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Juice drink suffix - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Juice suffix - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Lemon or lime finisher - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• "Lemon" suffix - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Soft drink suffix - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Suffix with lime or lemon - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Sugary drink - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Sweet drink - used 6 times, most recently in 2017

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