Footnote abbr.
The crossword clue "Footnote abbr." is answered by ETAL, a 4-letter entry. Used 95 times across 29 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1975. It appears in 17 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ETAL
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ETAL answer page.
Used 95 times across 29 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1975. It appears in 17 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.
- ETSEQ (21 uses in xd)
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
- 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
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.
- Helper: Abbr. - ASST, used 266 times
- Footnote abbr. - IBID, used 219 times
- Envelope abbr. - ATTN, used 145 times
- Memo abbr. - ATTN, used 128 times
- Cornerstone abbr. - ESTD, used 102 times
- Footnote word - IDEM, used 57 times
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