Writer Talese

The answer

GAY

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GAY answer page.

Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1975. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for GAY

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

• Part of LGBTQ - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Festive - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• Merry - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• The "G" of "LGBTQ" - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Carefree - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• In high spirits - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Author Talese - used 12 times, most recently in 2016
• Part of LGBT - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Blithe - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• "Don we now our ___ apparel" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• "Honor Thy Father" author Talese - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Cheerful - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Enola ___ - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Like Pride Parade participants - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Part of L.G.B.T.Q. - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of LGBTQIA+ - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• The "G" of "LGBT" - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• The "G" of "LGBTQIA+" - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

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.

• Writer Rand - AYN, used 182 times
• "The Raven" writer - POE, used 132 times
• Writer Deighton - LEN, used 103 times
• Writer Fleming - IAN, used 99 times
• Writer Levin - IRA, used 88 times
• Writer LeShan - EDA, used 85 times

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