Show of affection
The crossword clue "Show of affection" is answered by HUG, a 3-letter entry. Used 15 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HUG
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HUG answer page.
Used 15 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- AHUGANDAKISS (1 uses in xd)
- DATEMOVIE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for HUG
Every other clue in this collection answered by HUG, most used first.
- Embrace - used 118 times, most recently in 2026
- Warm embrace - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- Warm greeting - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Warm welcome - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
- Greet warmly - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Affectionate embrace - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Warm squeeze - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- Affectionate greeting - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- NBC weekend show - SNL, used 82 times
- NBC sketch show - SNL, used 63 times
- Show ___ - BIZ, used 56 times
- Hit show letters - SRO, used 55 times
- NBC show since 1975 - SNL, used 55 times
- Show stoppers? - ADS, used 46 times
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