Dover is its cap.

The answer

DEL

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

Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1989. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for DEL

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

• Tierra ___ Fuego - used 86 times, most recently in 2026
• Costa ___ Sol - used 74 times, most recently in 2026
• "Runaway" singer Shannon - used 55 times, most recently in 2025
• Ctrl-Alt-___ - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Singer Shannon - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• N.J. neighbor - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Md. neighbor - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Marina ___ Rey, California - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Penna. neighbor - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Marina ___ Rey - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Pa. neighbor - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Singer Lana -- Rey - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Neighbor of Md. - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Penn. neighbor - used 17 times, most recently in 2021
• Lana ___ Rey - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Actor Benicio ___ Toro - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
• Dover's st. - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Benicio ___ Toro - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Andrea ___ Sarto - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
• Dolores __ Rio - used 13 times, most recently in 2020
• ___ Taco - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Director Guillermo ___ Toro - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ Rio, Texas - used 12 times, most recently in 2016
• California's Marina ___ Rey - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
• ___ Monte (food giant) - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• First st. - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Neighbor of Penna. - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Oscar winner Benicio ___ Toro - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ Rio, Tex. - used 9 times, most recently in 2010
• Marina ___ Rey, Calif. - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ Monte - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• ___ Monte (canned food brand) - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• NJ neighbor - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• ___ Taco (fast-food chain) - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Wilmington's st. - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• 2nd-smallest state - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Marina __ Rey, CA - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Sci-fi author Lester ___ Rey - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Atl. Coast state - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• "Lust for Life" singer Lana ___ Rey - used 6 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.

• Scottish cap - TAM, used 98 times
• Cardinal cap letters - STL, used 68 times
• Scot's cap - TAM, used 53 times
• Skye cap - TAM, used 44 times
• Cap - LID, used 35 times
• Letters on a Cardinal's cap - STL, used 35 times

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