___ fide (authentic)
The crossword clue "___ fide (authentic)" is answered by BONA, a 4-letter entry. Used 21 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1983. 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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BONA
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BONA answer page.
Used 21 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1983. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for BONA
Every other clue in this collection answered by BONA, most used first.
- ___ fide - used 204 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ fide (genuine) - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ fides - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- __ fides (credentials) - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
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