Half a figure eight
The crossword clue "Half a figure eight" is answered by ESS, a 3-letter entry. Used 56 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
ESS
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ESS answer page.
Used 56 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Every other clue in this collection answered by ESS, most used first.
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