Ring around the collar?
The crossword clue "Ring around the collar?" is answered by LEI, a 3-letter entry. Used 37 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
LEI
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LEI answer page.
Used 37 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- LARIAT (2 uses in xd)
- NECKTAT (2 uses in xd)
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Every other clue in this collection answered by LEI, most used first.
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