Cornerstone abbr.
The crossword clue "Cornerstone abbr." is answered by EST, a 3-letter entry. Used 27 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1987. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
EST
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EST answer page.
Used 27 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1987. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for EST
Every other clue in this collection answered by EST, most used first.
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- Ballpark fig. - used 177 times, most recently in 2026
- Superlative ending - used 177 times, most recently in 2026
- "Guinness Book" suffix - used 99 times, most recently in 2025
- "C'___ la vie!" - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
- Id ___ - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
- Approx. - used 74 times, most recently in 2026
- Part of i.e. - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
- N. Y. time - used 41 times, most recently in 1999
- Body shop fig. - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Guinness suffix - used 37 times, most recently in 2018
- Superlative finish - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Approximate fig. - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- "To the max" indicator - used 27 times, most recently in 2015
- More than -er - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- The "e" of i.e. - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Inexact fig. - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Attendance fig., often - used 23 times, most recently in 2019
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.
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- Catchall abbr. - ETC, used 147 times
- Alias abbr. - AKA, used 133 times
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