"This ___ surprise!"

The answer

ISA

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

Used 11 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1970. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• 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
• Girl's name. - used 7 times, most recently in 1953
• "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.

• Cries of surprise - OHS, used 67 times
• Cry of surprise - OHO, used 53 times
• Sounds of surprise - OHS, used 53 times
• This instant - NOW, used 53 times
• To this point - YET, used 50 times
• "This American Life" host Glass - IRA, used 47 times

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