Cradle call
The crossword clue "Cradle call" is answered by MAMA, a 4-letter entry. Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
MAMA
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MAMA answer page.
Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for MAMA
Every other clue in this collection answered by MAMA, most used first.
- One of the Three Bears - used 91 times, most recently in 2026
- Doll's cry - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
- Family member - used 50 times, most recently in 2023
- Doll's word - used 44 times, most recently in 2018
- "I Remember ___" - used 39 times, most recently in 2015
- Crib cry - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Family nickname - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Nursery cry - used 27 times, most recently in 2023
- Papa's mate - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- Papa's partner - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- Cry from a crib - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Baby's call - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Baby's first word, perhaps - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Baby's cry - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Baby's first word, often - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Cry from the crib - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Middle of the Three Bears - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Nursery word - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Baby's word - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
- Bear whose porridge was too cold - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Vicki Lawrence sitcom role - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Baby's first word, maybe - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- First word, often - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Baby doll's cry - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Common first word - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ Cass - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Crib call - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Doll cry - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Fairy tale bear - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Baby's first word, sometimes - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Bear with cold porridge - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Call from a crib - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Baby's first word? - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Early word - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- First word, perhaps - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- "Bohemian Rhapsody" addressee - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Mother - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Toddler's cry - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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- Call for - NEED, used 98 times
- Roll call reply - HERE, used 97 times
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