Ingenuous one
The crossword clue "Ingenuous one" is answered by NAIF, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1981. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NAIF
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NAIF answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1981. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for NAIF
Every other clue in this collection answered by NAIF, most used first.
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- Innocent one - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Innocent - used 18 times, most recently in 2022
- Artless. - used 12 times, most recently in 2014
- Ingenuous. - used 12 times, most recently in 1996
- Innocent sort - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Inexperienced one - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
- Greenhorn - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Gullible one - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Inexperienced person - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- One wet behind the ears - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Newbie - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
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