Mother of Jesus

The answer

MARY

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MARY answer page.

Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 4 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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• VIRGINMARY (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for MARY

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

• Painter Cassatt - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Contrary girl - used 15 times, most recently in 2005
• Pietà figure - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Contrary one - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• "Frankenstein" author Shelley - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Queen of Scots - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Creche figure - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Nativity scene figure - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• ___ Poppins - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• "Quite contrary" lass - used 6 times, most recently in 2014

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.

• Don Juan's mother - INEZ, used 135 times
• Mother of Castor and Pollux - LEDA, used 115 times
• Mother of Zeus - RHEA, used 91 times
• Mother of Apollo - LETO, used 77 times
• Foal's mother - MARE, used 75 times
• Mother of Horus - ISIS, used 72 times

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