Man's name.

The answer

ELMO

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

Used 15 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 1966; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 1 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.

• IRA (54 uses in xd)
• EMIL (40 uses in xd)
• ERLE (22 uses in xd)
• ENOS (18 uses in xd)
• EVAN (17 uses in xd)

Other clues for ELMO

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

• Ticklish Muppet - used 177 times, most recently in 2026
• Red Muppet - used 131 times, most recently in 2026
• Sailor's saint - used 124 times, most recently in 2026
• Sailors' saint - used 60 times, most recently in 2024
• Patron saint of sailors - used 44 times, most recently in 2025
• Pollster Roper - used 37 times, most recently in 2023
• "Tickle Me" doll - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
• Admiral Zumwalt - used 29 times, most recently in 2020
• Ticklish doll - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• Sailor's patron saint - used 26 times, most recently in 2022
• Sailors' patron saint - used 24 times, most recently in 2019
• Ticklish red Muppet - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Dagwood's young neighbor - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Ticklish "Sesame Street" Muppet - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• "Sesame Street" character - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
• "Sesame Street" giggler - used 16 times, most recently in 2018
• "Blondie" boy - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
• Giggly Muppet - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Muppet who refers to himself in the third person - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• "Blondie" kid - used 13 times, most recently in 2018
• St. __'s fire - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Tickle Me __ - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Ticklish toy - used 13 times, most recently in 2020
• Furry red Muppet - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• "Sesame Street" regular - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• "Blondie" tyke - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
• Fiery saint - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Red Muppet with an orange nose - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Red resident of Sesame Street - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• "Sesame Street" Muppet - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
• Poll-taker Roper. - used 10 times, most recently in 1995
• Saint with a fire - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Sesame Street resident - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• "Tickle Me" Muppet - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• "Tickle Me" toy - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Muppet with a goldfish named Dorothy - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Red "Sesame Street" character - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Seaman's saint - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Giggling Muppet - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Roper - used 8 times, most recently in 1979
• Salt's saint - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
• Sesame Street youngster - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Saint of sailors - used 7 times, most recently in 1996
• Adm. Zumwalt - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
• Lincoln who played Tarzan - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• One of the Muppets - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Orange-nosed Muppet - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Red Muppet who refers to himself in the third person - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Red "Sesame Street" Muppet - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Sailor's patron - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Tarzan portrayer Lincoln - used 6 times, most recently in 2007

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.

• Baseball family name - ALOU, used 183 times
• Edison's middle name - ALVA, used 156 times
• First name in scat - ELLA, used 140 times
• Elevator name - OTIS, used 135 times
• First name in mysteries - ERLE, used 94 times
• Lamb's pen name - ELIA, used 84 times

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