"A Shropshire ___": Housman

The answer

LAD

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

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1977. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for LAD

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

• Young fellow - used 343 times, most recently in 2026
• Boy - used 115 times, most recently in 2026
• Young boy - used 112 times, most recently in 2026
• Youth - used 109 times, most recently in 2024
• Stripling - used 102 times, most recently in 2024
• Young chap - used 89 times, most recently in 2026
• Youngster - used 77 times, most recently in 2023
• Young bloke - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
• Young man - used 64 times, most recently in 2025
• Chap - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• Little guy - used 37 times, most recently in 2024
• Shaver - used 36 times, most recently in 2023
• Little shaver - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
• Schoolboy - used 28 times, most recently in 2022
• Terhune dog - used 23 times, most recently in 2010
• Little fellow - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
• Young fella - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Young 'un - used 19 times, most recently in 2021
• Fellow - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Young guy - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Sprout - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Wee boy - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Wee fellow - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Little boy - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Young one - used 15 times, most recently in 2015
• "A Shropshire ___" - used 14 times, most recently in 2010
• Bloke - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Terhune canine - used 14 times, most recently in 2003
• Young Scot - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Sonny - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Whippersnapper - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
• Bucko - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• Scottish boy - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Sonny boy - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Boyo - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Highland boy - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Little fella - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Teen-ager. - used 8 times, most recently in 1983
• Young buck - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Young kiltie - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Fictional dog - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Lassie's mate - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Male youngster - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• Small boy - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Terhune's dog - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• "When I was a ___ ..." - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Young gent - used 6 times, most recently in 2020

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.

• Mauna ___ - LOA, used 842 times
• Meadow - LEA, used 606 times
• Allow - LET, used 507 times
• Fleur-de-___ - LIS, used 440 times
• ___ Vegas - LAS, used 383 times
• French article - LES, used 333 times

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