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IVES

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IVES answer page.

Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for IVES

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

• Currier's partner - used 222 times, most recently in 2026
• Folk singer Burl - used 56 times, most recently in 2025
• Composer Charles - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Singer Burl - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Currier and __ - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
• "Concord Sonata" composer - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• "As I was going to St. ___ ..." - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• "Central Park in the Dark" composer - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Balladeer Burl - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
• Burl - used 11 times, most recently in 1997
• Currier's colleague - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
• Currier's partner in lithography - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• American composer. - used 10 times, most recently in 2003
• Folksinger Burl - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• "Blue Tail Fly" singer - used 9 times, most recently in 2006
• Currier's companion - used 9 times, most recently in 2001
• "Three Places in New England" composer - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• St. ___ (skin care brand) - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Currier partner - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Noted lithographer - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Senator from New York. - used 7 times, most recently in 1956
• U. S. composer - used 7 times, most recently in 1976
• "A Little Bitty Tear" singer, 1962 - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• American composer Charles - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Burl of "East of Eden" - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Burly Burl - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• "Concord Sonata" composer Charles - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Oscar winner Burl - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• "Variations on 'America'" composer - used 6 times, most recently in 2016

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• Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times

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