"Hud" star

The answer

NEAL

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

Used 9 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 6 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.

• NEWMAN (2 uses in xd)
• PAULNEWMAN (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for NEAL

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

• Actress Patricia - used 102 times, most recently in 2026
• Patricia of "Hud" - used 61 times, most recently in 2025
• "Hud" Oscar winner - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Oscar winner Patricia - used 28 times, most recently in 2024
• Country singer McCoy - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• "Hud" Oscar winner Patricia - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
• "Snow Crash" author Stephenson - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• "Hud" actress Patricia - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• "Hud" star Patricia - used 12 times, most recently in 2016
• Actor McDonough - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• "Cryptonomicon" author Stephenson - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Man's name. - used 11 times, most recently in 1964
• Sci-fi author Stephenson - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Conan of NPR - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• "Hud" actress - used 8 times, most recently in 2005
• Oscar winner for "Hud" - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• Patricia of "A Face in the Crowd" - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• Actress Patricia of "Hud" - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Author Stephenson - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "Cryptonomicon" novelist Stephenson - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• "Hud" co-star Patricia - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Patricia of "The Fountainhead" - used 6 times, most recently in 2012

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