"Dear sir or __ . . ."

The answer

MADAM

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MADAM answer page.

Used 14 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1970. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for MADAM

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

• Sir's counterpart - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
• Palindromic title - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• "Call Me ___" - used 21 times, most recently in 2008
• "__, I'm Adam" - used 21 times, most recently in 2019
• Lady of the house - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Polite address - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Respectful address - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Palindromic address - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Lady's title - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ Secretary" - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ President - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• My brothel's keeper? - used 13 times, most recently in 2014
• Feminine title - used 12 times, most recently in 2002
• Palindromic term of address - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Berlin's "Call Me __" - used 11 times, most recently in 2011
• Palindromic lady - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Lady's address - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• Chairwoman's address - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Lady - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Term of address. - used 8 times, most recently in 1986
• ___ Speaker - used 6 times, most recently in 2022

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.

• Sir __ Newton - ISAAC, used 104 times
• Hold dear - ADORE, used 27 times
• Sir or madam - TITLE, used 27 times
• Conductor Sir Georg - SOLTI, used 22 times
• Sir __ John - ELTON, used 21 times
• Sir, in India - SAHIB, used 17 times

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