Girl's name.

The answer

ISA

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

Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 1953; first recorded in 1942. It appears in 1 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.

• ETTA (57 uses in xd)
• RAE (46 uses in xd)
• MAE (37 uses in xd)
• OLGA (29 uses in xd)
• ADELA (28 uses in xd)

Other clues for ISA

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

• "This ___ test" - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
• "Patience -- virtue" - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• "This ___ recording" - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• "This ___ stickup!" - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
• "The Lady __ Tramp" - used 30 times, most recently in 2016
• "Rose -- rose ..." - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• O.T. book - used 22 times, most recently in 2015
• "Life -- cabaret ..." - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• "...___ penny earned" - used 16 times, most recently in 2015
• "A rose ___ rose . . . " - used 15 times, most recently in 2021
• "Love ___ Battlefield" - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
• "That ___ lie!" - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• "This ___ travesty!" - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• "This ___ surprise!" - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Rose-rose connector - used 10 times, most recently in 2011
• Tom Cochrane's "Life ___ Highway" - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
• "Life ___ jest": Gay - used 9 times, most recently in 2001
• "Life ___ Highway" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Heart ___ Lonely Hunter" - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• "There __ tavern in the town..." - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• "Love __ Many-Splendored Thing" - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• "Patience ___ virtue" (2 wds.) - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• "This __ bust!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• "This ___ joke, right?" - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• "Life ___ beach" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• OT book - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Pat Benatar's "Love ___ Battlefield" (2 wds.) - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• "This ___ fine how-do-you-do!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2007

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.

• Pen name - BIC, used 178 times
• Maiden name preceder - NEE, used 116 times
• Word before a maiden name - NEE, used 102 times
• Common street name - ELM, used 85 times
• "The Name of the Rose" author - ECO, used 77 times
• Maiden name label - NEE, used 71 times

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