Carte start

The answer

ALA

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

Used 52 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ALA

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

• In the style of - used 784 times, most recently in 2026
• Pie ___ mode - used 424 times, most recently in 2026
• In the manner of - used 367 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ carte - used 294 times, most recently in 2026
• Chicken ___ king - used 279 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ mode - used 149 times, most recently in 2026
• Carte lead-in - used 139 times, most recently in 2026
• Copying - used 130 times, most recently in 2026
• Menu phrase - used 120 times, most recently in 2026
• Imitating - used 90 times, most recently in 2026
• Taking after - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
• Pie ___ mode (2 wds.) - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
• __ carte menu - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
• Miss. neighbor - used 54 times, most recently in 2024
• Styled after - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• Apple pie ___ mode - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• Just like - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• Mode lead-in - used 46 times, most recently in 2026

Related clues

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• Start of MGM's motto - ARS, used 48 times

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