Limerick man.
The crossword clue "Limerick man." is answered by LEAR, a 4-letter entry. Used 22 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1950. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
LEAR
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LEAR answer page.
Used 22 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1950. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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