"__ Rebel": 1962 hit

The answer

HESA

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HESA answer page.

Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for HESA

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

• "For ___ jolly good fellow . . . " - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• "For ___ jolly . . . " - used 28 times, most recently in 2023
• "For ___ jolly good . . . " - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
• "__ real nowhere man ..." - used 15 times, most recently in 2014
• "___ jolly good fellow . . . " - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• The Crystals' "___ Rebel" - 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.

• 1998 Sarah McLachlan hit - ADIA, used 87 times
• Village People hit - YMCA, used 80 times
• Open-handed hit - SLAP, used 78 times
• Hit the mall - SHOP, used 58 times
• "___ Tu" (1974 hit) - ERES, used 56 times
• Hit the ceiling - RAGE, used 38 times

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