Chicago footballer
The crossword clue "Chicago footballer" is answered by BEAR, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1996. 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
BEAR
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BEAR answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for BEAR
Every other clue in this collection answered by BEAR, most used first.
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- Endure - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Withstand - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
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- Put up with - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
- Stand - used 21 times, most recently in 2023
- Yogi or Boo-Boo - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Den denizen - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Carry - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
- Grizzly, for one - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Market pessimist - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Paddington, for one - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Stock market pessimist - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Animal on California's flag - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Grizzly. - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
- Shoulder, as a burden - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Smokey, for one - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Animal on the California state flag - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Kodiak, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- One of a storied threesome - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
- Symbol on California's flag - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
- Yogi or Smokey - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Bruin - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Smokey or Yogi - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Stomach - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Symbol of Russia - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Winnie-the-Pooh, for one - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Yogi, for one - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
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.
- Richard of "Chicago" - GERE, used 74 times
- Chicago paper, for short - TRIB, used 35 times
- Chicago mayor Emanuel - RAHM, used 34 times
- Chicago mayor Lightfoot - LORI, used 31 times
- "Chicago" star - GERE, used 29 times
- Chicago team - CUBS, used 22 times
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