It's a gas

The answer

ESSO

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

Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 2 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.

• NEON (37 uses in xd)
• ETHER (8 uses in xd)
• XENON (7 uses in xd)
• RADON (4 uses in xd)
• METHANE (3 uses in xd)

Other clues for ESSO

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

• Canadian gas brand - used 148 times, most recently in 2026
• Exxon, once - used 66 times, most recently in 2025
• Old U.S. gas brand - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• Exxon, formerly - used 48 times, most recently in 2024
• Sinclair rival - used 40 times, most recently in 2016
• Gas brand in Canada - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• "Happy motoring" company - used 28 times, most recently in 2021
• Exxon, in Canada - used 26 times, most recently in 2014
• Petrol brand - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Petro-Canada rival - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Old gas brand - used 21 times, most recently in 2016
• Petro-Canada competitor - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Exxon predecessor - used 20 times, most recently in 2011
• "Happy Motoring!" brand - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• It, in Italy - used 18 times, most recently in 2013
• Exxon's ex-name - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• "Put a tiger in your tank" brand - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Exxon's former name - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• "Happy motoring" sloganeer - used 15 times, most recently in 2014
• Flying "A" rival - used 13 times, most recently in 2014
• Bygone U.S. gas brand - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Standard Oil brand - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
• Canadian gas - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• He: It. - used 11 times, most recently in 1997
• Big name in petrol - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Canadian pump name - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
• Classic gas brand - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Bygone gas-station sign - used 9 times, most recently in 2006
• Exxon's old name - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Former U.S. gas brand - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• He, in Italy - used 9 times, most recently in 1993
• Old gas name - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Old station identification - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Canadian fuel brand - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Canadian oil company - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• Competitor of Petro-Canada - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Exxon, before - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• ExxonMobil brand - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Gas from the past - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• "Happy Motoring" gas brand - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Sinclair contemporary - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Past gas - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• "Put a tiger in your tank" sloganeer - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Standard Oil name - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• Bygone pump name - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Canadian gas choice - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Canadian gas station - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Flying "A" competitor - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Gas brand - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Gas brand owned by Exxon - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Old name at the pumps - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
• Old pump sign - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Old Sinclair rival - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• Sinclair rival, once - 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.

• It's a long story - SAGA, used 161 times
• Light gas - NEON, used 112 times
• Inert gas - NEON, used 98 times
• Say it's so - AVER, used 97 times
• Sign gas - NEON, used 93 times
• "Now it's clear!" - ISEE, used 85 times

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