The real ___
The crossword clue "The real ___" is answered by MCCOY, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1965. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
MCCOY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MCCOY answer page.
Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1965. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for MCCOY
Every other clue in this collection answered by MCCOY, most used first.
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