Paper Mate competitor

The answer

BIC

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

Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2024. It appears in 3 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.

• PENTEL (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for BIC

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

• Pen name - used 178 times, most recently in 2026
• Pen brand - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Paper Mate rival - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Ballpoint brand - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Lighter brand - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Ballpoint pen brand - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Lighter name - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Wite-Out maker - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Razor brand - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Big name in pens - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Big name in lighters and pens - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Inexpensive pen - used 6 times, most recently in 2010

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.

• Ram's mate - EWE, used 276 times
• Buck's mate - DOE, used 181 times
• Neither mate - NOR, used 122 times
• Ewe's mate - RAM, used 114 times
• Boar's mate - SOW, used 94 times
• Rooster's mate - HEN, used 78 times

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