Pietà figure

The answer

MARY

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

Used 11 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1987. It appears in 5 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.

• MADONNA (4 uses in xd)
• STMARY (3 uses in xd)

Other clues for MARY

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

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• Contrary girl - used 15 times, most recently in 2005
• Mother of Jesus - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• 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

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