"For ___ a jolly good ..."
The crossword clue ""For ___ a jolly good ..."" is answered by HES, a 3-letter entry. Used 54 times across 29 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 16 publications in the xd corpus.
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HES
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Used 54 times across 29 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 16 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for HES
Every other clue in this collection answered by HES, most used first.
- "For __ a jolly good fellow..." - used 155 times, most recently in 2026
- "For ___ a jolly ..." - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
- Cock and bull - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
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