Football's "Papa Bear"
The crossword clue "Football's "Papa Bear"" is answered by HALAS, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1978. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HALAS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HALAS answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1978. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for HALAS
Every other clue in this collection answered by HALAS, most used first.
- "Papa Bear" of football - used 15 times, most recently in 2020
- NFL pioneer George - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
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