Buck's counterpart

The answer

DOE

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

Used 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for DOE

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

• Female deer - used 242 times, most recently in 2026
• Buck's mate - used 181 times, most recently in 2026
• Female rabbit - used 140 times, most recently in 2026
• Fawn's mother - used 100 times, most recently in 2026
• Forest female - used 96 times, most recently in 2026
• Anonymous John - used 86 times, most recently in 2025
• A deer, a female deer - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• Fawn's mom - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• John or Jane - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
• Anonymous Jane - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Stag's mate - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Unknown John - used 38 times, most recently in 2023
• Female kangaroo - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Female hare - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
• Fawn's mama - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Female antelope - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• John ___ - used 27 times, most recently in 2022
• Buck's partner - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Bambi's mother - used 20 times, most recently in 2021
• Female animal - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
• Anonymous John or Jane - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Bambi's mother, for one - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Deer mom - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Mama deer - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Female koala - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Female fawn - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
• Anonymous surname - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Deer - used 13 times, most recently in 1996
• Fawn bearer - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Mother deer - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Female goat - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Meadow mom - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Bambi's mother, e.g. - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• ___-eyed - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Pseudonymous surname - used 9 times, most recently in 2007
• "___, a deer ..." - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Anonymous litigant - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
• Cervine animal. - used 8 times, most recently in 1968
• Forest denizen - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
• One might go for a buck - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• She's a deer - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Surname ascribed to an unknown - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
• The buck stops here - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Unknown Jane - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Forest mom - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Hind - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• It might go for a buck - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Mysterious John - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Unknown John or Jane - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Babe in the woods - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Bambi's mom, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Bambi's mom, for one - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Jane or John - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• John in court - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• "Meet John ___" - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Mother of a fawn - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Name for an unknown - used 6 times, most recently in 2019

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