Nastase of tennis
The crossword clue "Nastase of tennis" is answered by ILIE, a 4-letter entry. Used 217 times across 35 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1976. It appears in 21 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
ILIE
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Used 217 times across 35 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1976. It appears in 21 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ILIE
Every other clue in this pilot answered by ILIE, most used first.
- "Would ___ to you?" - used 135 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Pilot clues 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.
- Tennis great Arthur - ASHE, used 225 times
- Arthur of tennis - ASHE, used 152 times
- Tennis legend Arthur - ASHE, used 125 times
- Lendl of tennis - IVAN, used 112 times
- Tennis score - ADIN, used 90 times
- Sampras of tennis - PETE, used 78 times
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