List-shortening abbr.
The crossword clue "List-shortening abbr." is answered by ETAL, a 4-letter entry. Used 87 times across 27 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 16 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ETAL
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Used 87 times across 27 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 16 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 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
- 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
- List of dishes - MENU, used 83 times
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