Nastase of the court

The answer

ILIE

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

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 3 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 collection answered by ILIE, most used first.

• Nastase of tennis - used 217 times, most recently in 2026
• "Would ___ to you?" - used 135 times, most recently in 2026
• Netman Nastase - used 98 times, most recently in 2017
• Tennis's Nastase - used 39 times, most recently in 2025
• "Would ___?" - used 31 times, most recently in 2023
• Tennis great Nastase - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
• "Why would ___?" - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
• Rival of Bjorn - used 21 times, most recently in 2021
• "Nasty" Nastase - used 16 times, most recently in 2019
• Nastase - used 15 times, most recently in 1999
• Tennis bad boy Nastase - used 15 times, most recently in 2009
• Nastase of the courts - used 12 times, most recently in 2009
• Tennis champ Nastase - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
• Rival of Jimmy and Bjorn - used 10 times, most recently in 2007
• First name in tennis - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Netter Nastase - used 9 times, most recently in 2010
• Bjorn contemporary - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Nastase of tennis fame - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• "Would ___ to you?" (2 wds.) - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• First name in '70s tennis - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Nastase of tennis lore - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Tennis pro Nastase - used 7 times, most recently in 2004
• Tennis star Nastase - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Bjorn rival - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Opponent for Bjorn - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Tennis' Nastase - used 6 times, most recently in 2018

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.

• Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
• In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
• On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
• From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
• Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
• Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times

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