"___ helpless as a kitten up a tree"
The crossword clue ""___ helpless as a kitten up a tree"" is answered by IMAS, a 4-letter entry. Used 9 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus.
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IMAS
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Used 9 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for IMAS
Every other clue in this collection answered by IMAS, most used first.
- "___ corny as Kansas . . . " - used 25 times, most recently in 2010
- "___ corny . . . " - used 10 times, most recently in 2007
- "___ corny as . . . " - used 10 times, most recently in 1999
- "___ shocked as you are!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
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