Cavernous opening

The answer

MAW

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MAW answer page.

Used 20 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1970. It appears in 10 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.

• GAPINGMAW (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for MAW

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

• Gullet - used 86 times, most recently in 2026
• Gaping mouth - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
• Big mouth - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Animal's gullet - used 15 times, most recently in 2019
• Crop - used 11 times, most recently in 2006
• Gaping opening - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Stomach - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Animal's mouth - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Paw's mate - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• Gaping hole - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Breadbasket - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Gaping chasm - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• "Gaping" gullet - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Paw's partner? - used 6 times, most recently in 2020

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.

• Opening - GAP, used 127 times
• Vegas opening - LAS, used 41 times
• Bar opening? - ISO, used 33 times
• Angular opening - TRI, used 24 times
• Grande opening? - RIO, used 24 times
• Center opening? - EPI, used 22 times

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