Eleanor's successor
The crossword clue "Eleanor's successor" is answered by BESS, a 4-letter entry. Used 16 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1976. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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Used 16 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1976. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Every other clue in this collection answered by BESS, most used first.
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- Actress Armstrong - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
- First lady between Eleanor and Mamie - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Mrs. Harry Truman - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- One of the Trumans - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
- Porgy's mate - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Porgy's partner - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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