"Rose -- rose ..."

The answer

ISA

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

Used 27 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1980. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

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• TINTEDKENNEDY (1 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

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.

• "The Name of the Rose" author - ECO, used 77 times
• "Mighty ___ a Rose" - LAK, used 63 times
• Rocker Rose - AXL, used 51 times
• Rose of Guns N' Roses - AXL, used 46 times
• Rose of rock - AXL, used 36 times
• "The Name of the Rose" author Umberto - ECO, used 27 times

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