Smart ___
The crossword clue "Smart ___" is answered by ALECS, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ALECS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALECS answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for ALECS
Every other clue in this collection answered by ALECS, most used first.
- Baldwin and Guinness - used 33 times, most recently in 2024
- Smart guys? - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
- Guinness and Baldwin - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Guinness et al. - used 11 times, most recently in 2005
- Guinness and others - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Smart ones - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
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.
- Smart guy? - ALECK, used 70 times
- Smart-mouthed - SASSY, used 69 times
- Smart ___ - ALECK, used 60 times
- Smart-alecky - SASSY, used 53 times
- Get smart - LEARN, used 45 times
- Smart ___ (wise guy) - ALECK, used 36 times
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