"Close, ___ no cigar"
The crossword clue ""Close, ___ no cigar"" is answered by BUT, a 3-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
BUT
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BUT answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for BUT
Every other clue in this collection answered by BUT, most used first.
- However - used 112 times, most recently in 2026
- Except - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
- On the other hand - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
- Save - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Nevertheless - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
- Except for - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- On the contrary - used 14 times, most recently in 2017
- Word of exception - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
- Conjunction. - used 7 times, most recently in 1982
- Objector's word - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Word of protest - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Close - END, used 85 times
- Come to a close - END, used 75 times
- Cigar residue - ASH, used 74 times
- Close friend - PAL, used 47 times
- Close to the ground - LOW, used 34 times
- Bring to a close - END, used 27 times
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