"I Loves You Porgy" singer

The answer

BESS

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BESS answer page.

Used 16 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

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• NINASIMONE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for BESS

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

• Mrs. Truman - used 93 times, most recently in 2023
• Porgy's love - used 86 times, most recently in 2026
• Mamie's predecessor - used 27 times, most recently in 2023
• "Porgy and ___" - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Good Queen ___ - used 25 times, most recently in 2004
• Harry's wife - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• First lady before Mamie - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Porgy's woman - used 21 times, most recently in 2018
• Gershwin heroine - used 19 times, most recently in 2020
• Porgy's beloved - used 19 times, most recently in 2020
• First lady Truman - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Eleanor's successor - used 16 times, most recently in 2018
• First lady after Eleanor - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Harry Truman's wife - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Harry's First Lady - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
• Catfish Row dweller. - used 10 times, most recently in 1968
• "Porgy and ___" (George Gershwin folk opera) - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• 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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