"The Old Curiosity Shop" girl

The answer

NELL

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

Used 18 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for NELL

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

• Dickens girl - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• "Little" Dickens girl - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Dudley Do-Right's love - used 39 times, most recently in 2021
• 1994 Jodie Foster film - used 28 times, most recently in 2014
• Actress Carter - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Carter of "Gimme a Break!" - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
• Jodie Foster title role - used 22 times, most recently in 2022
• Jodie Foster film - used 19 times, most recently in 2016
• 1994 Jodie Foster title role - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Dickens heroine - used 16 times, most recently in 2019
• Dudley Do-Right's beloved - used 14 times, most recently in 2015
• Nickname for Eleanor - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Dickens character. - used 13 times, most recently in 1980
• Dudley Do-Right's girl - used 13 times, most recently in 2012
• "Little" Dickens heroine - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Title role for Jodie Foster - used 11 times, most recently in 2012
• Actress Gwyn - used 10 times, most recently in 2007
• Dudley Do-Right's damsel - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• Little ___. - used 10 times, most recently in 1972
• Jodie Foster role - used 9 times, most recently in 2011
• Carter of "Ain't Misbehavin'" - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Dudley Do-Right's gal - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• ___ Gwyn. - used 8 times, most recently in 1997
• Singer Carter - used 8 times, most recently in 2004
• "The Old Curiosity Shop" heroine - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• "Gimme a Break" star Carter - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• "Ain't Misbehavin'" actress Carter - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Dudley Do-Right's girlfriend - used 6 times, most recently in 2012

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.

• Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
• In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
• On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
• From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
• Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
• Sandwich shop - DELI, used 288 times

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