Big bother
The crossword clue "Big bother" is answered by ADO, a 3-letter entry. Used 66 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 15 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ADO
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ADO answer page.
Used 66 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 15 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.
- HASSLE (12 uses in xd)
- PAIN (2 uses in xd)
- FUSS (1 uses in xd)
- HEADACHE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ADO
Every other clue in this collection answered by ADO, most used first.
- Fuss - used 644 times, most recently in 2026
- Hubbub - used 405 times, most recently in 2026
- "Much ___ About Nothing" - used 307 times, most recently in 2026
- "Without further ___ ..." - used 256 times, most recently in 2026
- Bustle - used 196 times, most recently in 2026
- Big fuss - used 194 times, most recently in 2026
- Hoopla - used 140 times, most recently in 2026
- Kerfuffle - used 119 times, most recently in 2026
- Pother - used 81 times, most recently in 2024
- "And now, without further ___ ..." - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
- Foofaraw - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
- Shakespeare's "Much ___ About Nothing" - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
- Needless fuss - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Hustle and bustle - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
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- California's Big ___ - SUR, used 162 times
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- Big head - EGO, used 69 times
- Big __, CA - SUR, used 63 times
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