Urban railways

The answer

ELS

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

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 4 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.

• METROS (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ELS

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

• Golfer Ernie - used 331 times, most recently in 2026
• Overhead trains - used 152 times, most recently in 2026
• Chicago trains - used 97 times, most recently in 2026
• Ernie of the PGA - used 64 times, most recently in 2019
• High trains - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• Loop loopers - used 37 times, most recently in 2021
• They loop the Loop - used 36 times, most recently in 2022
• Golf's Ernie - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• High rollers? - used 33 times, most recently in 2020
• Raised railways - used 32 times, most recently in 2024
• Letters. - used 31 times, most recently in 1976
• Windy City trains - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Above-the-street trains - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Ernie of golf - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Overhead railways - used 22 times, most recently in 2023
• Raised trains - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Two-time U.S. Open champ - used 22 times, most recently in 2020
• Golf pro Ernie - used 21 times, most recently in 2023
• Letters after kays - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Ernie on the links - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Golfer Ernie nicknamed "The Big Easy" - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Hollow center? - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Raised railroads - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• City lines - used 18 times, most recently in 1998
• Golfer nicknamed "The Big Easy" - used 18 times, most recently in 2022
• Overhead rails - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
• South African golfer Ernie - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Trains overhead - used 17 times, most recently in 2013
• Ernie of the links - used 16 times, most recently in 2019
• Trains over the street - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• High lines - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
• Raised rails - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Golf Hall of Famer Ernie - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Golf's "Big Easy" - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
• Chi-Town trains - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Right-angle shapes - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• South African golfer - used 13 times, most recently in 2016
• Loop trains - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Two-time U.S. Open winner - used 12 times, most recently in 2007
• Woods rival - used 12 times, most recently in 2010
• 2002 British Open champ - used 11 times, most recently in 2012
• 2002 British Open champion - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
• Loop sights - used 11 times, most recently in 2006
• Overhead lines - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• 1997 U.S. Open champ - used 10 times, most recently in 2012
• 1997 U.S. Open winner - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
• Chicago transports - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Ernie of golf fame - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Loop transports - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• 1997 U.S. Open champ Ernie - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Pro golfer Ernie - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Chicago Loop trains - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• City trains - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Golfer Ernie known as "The Big Easy" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• High ways? - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Lofty trains - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Some railways - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Some trains - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Trains above the road - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• Links luminary Ernie - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Trains on trestles - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• 2002 British Open winner - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Aboveground trains - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Certain trains - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• Chicago rumblers - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• CTA trains - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Ernie in the World Golf Hall of Fame - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Golf champ Ernie - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
• Golf great Ernie - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Golfer known as "The Big Easy" - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• High rails - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Overhead railroads - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• Overhead rumblers - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Overhead transports - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Raised RRs - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Raised transports - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• South African golf pro - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Urban rails - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Windy City transports - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Urban transport - BUS, used 19 times
• Urban carrier - CAB, used 18 times
• Urban rds. - STS, used 12 times
• Suffix with "social" or "urban" - ITE, used 9 times
• Urban rd. - AVE, used 9 times
• Suffix with urban - ITE, used 8 times

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