Polite guy
The crossword clue "Polite guy" is answered by GENT, a 4-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
GENT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GENT answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for GENT
Every other clue in this collection answered by GENT, most used first.
- Fellow - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
- Chap - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
- Bloke - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
- Polite fellow - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Lady's man - used 32 times, most recently in 2018
- Mannerly man - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- Nice guy - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Courteous chap - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Polite bloke - used 17 times, most recently in 2018
- Lady's escort - used 16 times, most recently in 2015
- Fella - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Guy - used 12 times, most recently in 2017
- Mannerly fellow - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Squire - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Well-bred chap - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
- Well-mannered man - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Courteous fellow - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Nice fellow - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
- Decent chap - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Kindly bloke - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Courteous bloke - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
- Mannerly man, briefly - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- Polite chap - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Refined chap - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Fine fellow - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Hat-tipper, say - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- Lady's partner - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
- Man - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
- Mannerly guy - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Refined fellow - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Well-mannered fellow - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Polite address - MAAM, used 88 times
- Wise guy - SAGE, used 70 times
- Smart guy? - ALEC, used 59 times
- Steady guy - BEAU, used 44 times
- Guy - MALE, used 41 times
- FBI guy - GMAN, used 40 times
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