Novel ending
The crossword clue "Novel ending" is answered by IST, a 3-letter entry. Used 19 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1983. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
IST
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IST answer page.
Used 19 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1983. It appears in 10 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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Other clues for IST
Every other clue in this collection answered by IST, most used first.
- Believer's suffix - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- Adherent - used 45 times, most recently in 2021
- Follower's suffix - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Follower (Suff.) - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Noun suffix. - used 31 times, most recently in 2001
- Adherent: Suffix - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- Adherent's suffix - used 21 times, most recently in 2017
- Doer: Suffix - used 18 times, most recently in 1984
- Follower: Suffix - used 17 times, most recently in 2021
- "Was ___ das?" - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- German 101 verb - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Believer - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Follower - used 11 times, most recently in 2003
- Believer in: Suffix. - used 10 times, most recently in 1989
- Professional suffix - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Devotee - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Occupational ending - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Occupational suffix - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Adherent: Suff. - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Believer: Suffix - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Suffix for a believer - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Suffix with hobby or lobby - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Suffix with real - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
- Suffix with social - used 6 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.
- Nabokov novel - ADA, used 326 times
- List-ending abbr. - ETC, used 200 times
- Superlative ending - EST, used 177 times
- Biblical verb ending - ETH, used 112 times
- Enzyme ending - ASE, used 108 times
- British verb ending - ISE, used 103 times
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