Mr. Whitney

The answer

ELI

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

Used 25 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2009. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ELI

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

• Inventor Whitney - used 400 times, most recently in 2026
• Yale student - used 326 times, most recently in 2026
• Quarterback Manning - used 273 times, most recently in 2026
• Yalie - used 253 times, most recently in 2026
• Actor Wallach - used 245 times, most recently in 2026
• Yale rooter - used 110 times, most recently in 2026
• Ivy Leaguer - used 99 times, most recently in 2026
• Peyton's brother - used 95 times, most recently in 2026
• Yale grad - used 86 times, most recently in 2026
• New Haven student - used 85 times, most recently in 2025
• Samuel's teacher - used 83 times, most recently in 2023
• New Haven collegian - used 64 times, most recently in 2025
• QB Manning - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
• Connecticut collegian - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• Whitney - used 54 times, most recently in 2016
• Whitney or Wallach - used 53 times, most recently in 2023
• Wallach - used 52 times, most recently in 1999
• Certain Ivy Leaguer - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• Lilly of pharmaceuticals - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Two-time Super Bowl MVP Manning - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• Samuel's mentor - used 43 times, most recently in 2023
• Biblical judge - used 42 times, most recently in 2022
• Pharmaceutical giant ___ Lilly - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• "Boola Boola" singer - used 41 times, most recently in 2018
• Bulldog backer - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Cotton gin inventor Whitney - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Wallach or Whitney - used 36 times, most recently in 2023
• Bulldog booster - used 35 times, most recently in 2024
• Former Giants quarterback Manning - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Yale. - used 33 times, most recently in 1997
• Biblical priest - used 32 times, most recently in 2021
• "Hostel" director Roth - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
• Director Roth - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Giant Manning - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
• Ransom ___ Olds - used 29 times, most recently in 2014
• Yale alum - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Manning of the NFL - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Giants quarterback Manning - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Horror director Roth - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Yale man - used 25 times, most recently in 2009
• Clockmaker Terry - used 24 times, most recently in 2021
• Wallach of "The Magnificent Seven" - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• __ Lilly - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• New Haven Ivy Leaguer - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
• Crimson rival - used 22 times, most recently in 2020
• Country music's ___ Young Band - used 21 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.

• Before - ERE, used 733 times
• Greek vowel - ETA, used 549 times
• Superlative suffix - EST, used 521 times
• Greek letter - ETA, used 512 times
• Mess up - ERR, used 508 times
• Work unit - ERG, used 488 times

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