Abbreviation meaning "and others"

The answer

ETAL

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

Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ETAL

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

• List-ending abbr. - used 394 times, most recently in 2026
• And others: Abbr. - used 329 times, most recently in 2026
• List ender - used 152 times, most recently in 2026
• Bibliography abbr. - used 118 times, most recently in 2026
• And others, for short - used 111 times, most recently in 2026
• And others (Lat.) - used 97 times, most recently in 2026
• Relative of etc. - used 97 times, most recently in 2011
• Footnote abbr. - used 95 times, most recently in 2026
• List-shortening abbr. - used 87 times, most recently in 2026
• Catchall abbr. - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
• List shortener - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• And others, briefly - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
• And others - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Inclusive abbr. - used 39 times, most recently in 2024
• Common Latin abbr. - used 34 times, most recently in 2012
• Citation abbr. - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Latin list-ender - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Latin abbr. - used 32 times, most recently in 2015
• List ending - used 27 times, most recently in 2011
• And elsewhere: Abbr. - used 23 times, most recently in 2011
• And others, in brief - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
• Citation abbreviation - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Cousin of etc. - used 22 times, most recently in 2008
• List extender - used 21 times, most recently in 2008
• Series ender - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
• Etc. relative - used 20 times, most recently in 2017
• List-ending abbreviation - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• List abbr. - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Bibliographer's abbr. - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
• Kin of etc. - used 18 times, most recently in 2001
• List shortener, for short - used 18 times, most recently in 2021
• Space-saving abbr. - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
• Substitute for the unnamed - used 17 times, most recently in 2014
• "Too many more to mention" abbr. - used 17 times, most recently in 2016
• Bibliographical abbr. - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Catchall abbreviation - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Series finale - used 16 times, most recently in 2022
• And others, in a bibliography - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Etc. kin - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• & others - used 15 times, most recently in 2009
• Bibliographic abbr. - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
• End-of-list abbr. - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• "And others" abbreviation - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Bibliog. space saver - used 12 times, most recently in 2018
• Handy Latin abbr. - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
• List-curtailing abbr. - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• List-shortening abbreviation - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Etc. cousin - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• List lengthener - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
• Useful Latin abbr. - used 10 times, most recently in 2009
• Footnote notation - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Latin abbreviation. - used 9 times, most recently in 1996
• List ender, briefly - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• "Too many to list" abbr. - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Abbreviation in an abbreviated list (2 wds.) - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Citation shortener - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Common Latin abbreviation. - used 8 times, most recently in 1969
• Latin list shortener - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Series-ending abbr. - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Series finale: Abbr. - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• And others, in a list - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• "And others," in a list (2 wds.) - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• And others, in footnotes - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Catchall Latin citation - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Etc. alternative - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Handy abbr. - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Latin catchall - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Latin & others - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• List-ending words - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• List shortener, briefly - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Name-dropping abbr. - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Plus others, briefly - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Series shortener - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Useful Latin abbreviation. - used 7 times, most recently in 1999
• And the rest: Abbr. - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• End of some lists - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• List-ending letters - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Plus others - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Rest-of-the-team stand-in - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Roster ender - used 6 times, most recently in 2013

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