Short, for short
The crossword clue "Short, for short" is answered by LIL, a 3-letter entry. Used 34 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
LIL
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LIL answer page.
Used 34 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for LIL
Every other clue in this collection answered by LIL, most used first.
- "___ Abner" - used 149 times, most recently in 2024
- Like Abner - used 73 times, most recently in 2026
- Diamond ___ - used 61 times, most recently in 2015
- Rapper ___ Kim - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Dogpatch adjective - used 47 times, most recently in 2025
- ___ Nas X - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Adjective for Abner - used 31 times, most recently in 2016
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.
- For each - PER, used 391 times
- Back muscle, for short - LAT, used 189 times
- Tit for ___ - TAT, used 189 times
- "For __ a jolly good fellow..." - HES, used 155 times
- Life story, for short - BIO, used 140 times
- Verb for you - ARE, used 139 times
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