__ nutshell; briefly

The answer

INA

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the INA answer page.

Used 21 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for INA

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

• One ___ million - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
• "Barefoot Contessa" host Garten - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ nutshell - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ pig's eye!" - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
• Once __ blue moon - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
• -- pickle - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• -- tizzy - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• -- jiffy - used 43 times, most recently in 2025
• Actress Balin - used 39 times, most recently in 2020
• Actress Claire - used 38 times, most recently in 2007
• Chef Garten - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Pig ___ poke - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• -- bind - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Once ___ while - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• "All ___ day's work" - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Once ___ lifetime - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Miss Claire - used 25 times, most recently in 1977
• ___ pinch - used 22 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.

• Up to, briefly - TIL, used 117 times
• Back muscle, briefly - LAT, used 97 times
• However, briefly - THO, used 88 times
• "Today" rival, briefly - GMA, used 75 times
• Camera type, briefly - SLR, used 68 times
• Aliens, briefly - ETS, used 52 times

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