"Porgy and ___" (George Gershwin folk opera)
The crossword clue ""Porgy and ___" (George Gershwin folk opera)" is answered by BESS, a 4-letter entry. Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2018. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus.
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Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2018. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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