Up: Prefix.

The answer

ANA

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

Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 1965; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 1 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.

• ANO (11 uses in xd)

Other clues for ANA

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

• Santa ___ winds - used 453 times, most recently in 2026
• Literary collection - used 205 times, most recently in 2026
• Santa __, CA - used 199 times, most recently in 2026
• Santa ___ - used 197 times, most recently in 2025
• Santa ___, Calif. - used 144 times, most recently in 2025
• Santa ___, California - used 138 times, most recently in 2026
• Actress de Armas - used 103 times, most recently in 2026
• Actress Alicia - used 45 times, most recently in 2012
• Actress de Armas of "Knives Out" - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Collection of anecdotes - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Memorabilia - used 37 times, most recently in 2002
• "SNL" alum Gasteyer - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Literary olio - used 33 times, most recently in 2016
• Get __ for effort - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Collection - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• De Armas of "Knives Out" - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Actress Gasteyer - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Actress Ortiz - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• "Knives Out" star de Armas - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• California's Santa ___ winds - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Gasteyer of "Saturday Night Live" - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Collection of sayings - used 24 times, most recently in 2020
• Gasteyer of "Mean Girls" - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• California's Santa ___ Mountains - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Carrier to Tokyo - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Anecdotal collection - used 20 times, most recently in 2020
• "Knives Out" actress de Armas - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Miscellany - used 19 times, most recently in 2022
• Ortiz of "Ugly Betty" - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Political commentator Navarro - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
• Santa follower - used 18 times, most recently in 2020
• Literary miscellany - used 17 times, most recently in 2017
• Gasteyer of "SNL" - used 16 times, most recently in 2018
• Navarro of "The View" - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• "Ugly Betty" actress Ortiz - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• The Santa ___ winds - used 15 times, most recently in 2014
• Alicia of "Falcon Crest" - used 14 times, most recently in 2019
• De Armas of "No Time to Die" - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Collected sayings - used 13 times, most recently in 2016
• Comedian Gasteyer - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Literary scraps - used 13 times, most recently in 2016
• Santa ___ Mountains - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Santa ___ wind - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
• Actress de Armas of "Blade Runner 2049" - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Actress Ortiz of "Ugly Betty" - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• CNN commentator Navarro - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Ivanovic of tennis - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Tennis star Ivanovic - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Actress Gasteyer of "Wine Country" - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Gasteyer of "Suburgatory" - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• Literary snippets - used 11 times, most recently in 2009
• "Love, Victor" actress Ortiz - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Political strategist Navarro - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Prefix with -gram - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• "Wheel of Fortune" buy - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
• "Wheel of Fortune" purchase - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
• "Blade Runner 2049" actress de Armas - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Collection of facts - used 10 times, most recently in 2001
• Compendium - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
• ___ for effort - used 10 times, most recently in 2011
• Japanese airline - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Literary assortment - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
• Santa ___ (city in California) - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Santa trailer - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
• California's Santa __ River - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Funny Gasteyer - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Japanese carrier - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Ortiz of "Devious Maids" - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Santa in California - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• Tennis's Ivanovic - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• California Santa - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Comic Gasteyer - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Compendium material - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
• "I'd like to buy ___, Pat!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Literary bits - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
• Santa's trailer? - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• "SNL" alumna Gasteyer - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Southern California's Santa ___ Mountains - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ Ng" (They Might Be Giants song) - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Suffix with Shakespeare - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
• Upward: Prefix. - used 7 times, most recently in 1978
• A California Santa - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• Airline to Tokyo - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Anecdotes - used 6 times, most recently in 2003
• Bibliographical suffix - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Bibliophile's suffix - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• California's Santa __ - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• De Armas of "Blade Runner 2049" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "Falcon Crest" actress Alicia - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• "Fifty Shades of Grey" heroine - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Get ___ on (ace) - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• "Knives Out" Golden Globe nominee de Armas - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Navarro of CNN - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Palindromic name - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• The Ducks, on scoreboards - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Green prefix - ECO, used 431 times
• Numerical prefix - TRI, used 247 times
• Earth-friendly prefix - ECO, used 181 times
• Prefix with center - EPI, used 134 times
• Equal: Prefix - ISO, used 123 times
• Recent: Prefix - NEO, used 120 times

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