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Sweetie

Answer: DEAR - 4 letters

The crossword clue "Sweetie" is answered by DEAR, a 4-letter entry. Used 30 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1992. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.

The answer

DEAR

DEAR

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

30Times used
20Distinct years
2025Most recent year
10Publications

Used 30 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1992. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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Other clues for DEAR

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

  • Letter opener - used 150 times, most recently in 2026
  • Beloved - used 110 times, most recently in 2026
  • Cherished - used 104 times, most recently in 2026
  • Precious - used 101 times, most recently in 2026
  • Expensive - used 70 times, most recently in 2024
  • Letter starter - used 39 times, most recently in 2025
  • Darling - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
  • Costly - used 29 times, most recently in 2019
  • Sweetheart - used 25 times, most recently in 2024

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