Lance of the bench

The answer

ITO

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

Used 9 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ITO

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

• Skater Midori - used 181 times, most recently in 2026
• "How was ___ know?" - used 164 times, most recently in 2026
• "Who am ___ judge?" - used 90 times, most recently in 2026
• Judge Lance - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
• Figure skater Midori - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
• Japanese statesman - used 57 times, most recently in 2015
• "What was ___ think?" - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Simpson trial judge - used 48 times, most recently in 2021
• "Am ___ believe ..." - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• Japanese name. - used 45 times, most recently in 1974
• "Who am ___ say?" - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• "Am -- blame?" - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• "Who am ___ argue?" - used 37 times, most recently in 2025
• Simpson judge - used 29 times, most recently in 2015
• Olympic skater Midori - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• "What am ___ do?" - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Jurist Lance - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• "What was ___ do?" - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Simpson trial judge Lance - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• "Am __ understand . . ." - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Judge in 1995 news - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Midori on ice - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Simpson's judge - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• "Was ___ blame?" - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Japanese Prime Minister Hirobumi - used 12 times, most recently in 2008
• O.J. trial judge - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
• Ice skater Midori - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Midori on the ice - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• Simpson judge Lance - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
• Lance on the bench - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• First woman to land a triple axel in competition - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Japanese admiral - used 8 times, most recently in 2001
• O.J.'s judge - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
• Prince Hirobumi - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• Spanish diminutive suffix - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• "Am __ understand that . . ." - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• Dancer Michio ___ - used 7 times, most recently in 1988
• "How was ___ know?" (2 wds.) - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Japanese statesman (1841–1909). - used 7 times, most recently in 2003
• O.J. Simpson trial judge - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Robert of "Quincy, M.E." - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Lance of L.A. law - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Manga artist Junji - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Name in 1995 news - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Simpson case judge - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• "What am __ think?" - used 6 times, most recently in 2013

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.

• In the past - AGO, used 1,064 times
• In the style of - ALA, used 784 times
• Under the weather - ILL, used 536 times
• "___ the season ..." - TIS, used 398 times
• To the ___ degree - NTH, used 389 times
• In the manner of - ALA, used 367 times

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