Windy City trains

The answer

ELS

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

Used 25 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• 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

Related clues

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• Oklahoma city - ADA, used 278 times
• 2016 Olympics city - RIO, used 92 times
• English cathedral city - ELY, used 77 times
• Salt Lake City athlete - UTE, used 67 times
• Salt Lake City player - UTE, used 56 times

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