"West Side Story" girl

The answer

ANITA

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ANITA answer page.

Used 20 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1963. It appears in 10 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.

• MARIA (15 uses in xd)

Other clues for ANITA

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

• Singer Baker - used 99 times, most recently in 2026
• Santa ___. - used 61 times, most recently in 2022
• Writer Loos - used 54 times, most recently in 2021
• "West Side Story" role - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
• Soul singer Baker - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Actress Ekberg - used 39 times, most recently in 2018
• Author Loos - used 38 times, most recently in 2017
• "Sweet Love" singer Baker - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• One of the Pointer Sisters - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
• Loos - used 21 times, most recently in 1979
• Singer O'Day - used 20 times, most recently in 2022
• Novelist Loos - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
• Ekberg of "La Dolce Vita" - used 16 times, most recently in 2019
• Maria's friend in "West Side Story" - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Santa __ racetrack - used 16 times, most recently in 2019
• Miss Loos - used 15 times, most recently in 1976
• Singer Bryant - used 15 times, most recently in 2013
• R&B singer Baker - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• "West Side Story" character - used 14 times, most recently in 2013
• Baker or Bryant - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Jazz singer O'Day - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Santa ___ (California racetrack) - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Baker of song - used 11 times, most recently in 2013
• Bryant or Baker - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
• Clarence's accuser - used 11 times, most recently in 2003
• "America" singer in "West Side Story" - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• "Giving You the Best That I Got" singer Baker - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Novelist Brookner - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Santa ___ race track - used 10 times, most recently in 2010
• Baker with eight Grammys - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Ekberg - used 9 times, most recently in 1997
• "West Side Story" woman - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Baker or Loos - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Bernardo's girl, in "West Side Story" - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• "Dolly" novelist Brookner - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Ekberg or Loos - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" author Loos - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Pop singer Baker - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Writer Brookner - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• A Pointer sister - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Bernardo's girlfriend in "West Side Story" - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Loos who wrote "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Santa ___ Park (racetrack) - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

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.

• Suspect's story - ALIBI, used 128 times
• Top story - ATTIC, used 108 times
• West Point student - CADET, used 102 times
• West Pointer - CADET, used 102 times
• Cover story - ALIBI, used 97 times
• Wonderland girl - ALICE, used 73 times

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