Street sign abbr.

The answer

AVE

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

Used 25 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 7 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.

• CIR (4 uses in xd)
• CRES (2 uses in xd)
• BLVD (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for AVE

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

• "___ Maria" - used 268 times, most recently in 2026
• St. crosser - used 141 times, most recently in 2026
• "Hail!" - used 112 times, most recently in 2026
• "Hail, Caesar!" - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
• Hail, to Caesar - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
• Broad st. - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
• Forum greeting - used 57 times, most recently in 2022
• Rd. - used 47 times, most recently in 2015
• Prayer. - used 41 times, most recently in 2003
• "___ Maria" (hymn) - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Salutation. - used 27 times, most recently in 1983
• Blvd. - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
• Blvd. relative - used 22 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• And so on: Abbr. - ETC, used 238 times
• List-ending abbr. - ETC, used 200 times
• Last (Abbr.) - ULT, used 171 times
• Zodiac sign - LEO, used 168 times
• Lawyer: Abbr. - ATT, used 167 times
• Catchall abbr. - ETC, used 147 times

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