Lamb

The answer

ELIA

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

Used 93 times across 42 distinct years; most recently in 2006; first recorded in 1942. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• LEGOF (17 uses in xd)
• EWE (16 uses in xd)
• YEAN (5 uses in xd)
• CHOPS (1 uses in xd)
• DEAR (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ELIA

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

• Director Kazan - used 552 times, most recently in 2026
• "On the Waterfront" director Kazan - used 100 times, most recently in 2026
• Lamb's pen name - used 84 times, most recently in 2016
• Kazan - used 65 times, most recently in 2025
• "East of Eden" director Kazan - used 56 times, most recently in 2025
• Lamb alias - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Essayist's alias - used 35 times, most recently in 2016
• "Essays of ___" - used 31 times, most recently in 2022
• Lamb's pseudonym - used 30 times, most recently in 2021
• Lamb's alias - used 28 times, most recently in 2023
• London Magazine essayist - used 28 times, most recently in 2019
• Charles Lamb - used 27 times, most recently in 2008
• Charles Lamb's pen name - used 26 times, most recently in 2022

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.

• "Mary -- Little Lamb" - HADA, used 28 times
• Ham or lamb - MEAT, used 27 times

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