Bitter end?

The answer

NESS

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

Used 16 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

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• DEMISE (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for NESS

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

• Loch __ monster - used 261 times, most recently in 2026
• Legendary loch - used 89 times, most recently in 2026
• Headland - used 88 times, most recently in 2017
• Loch ___ - used 73 times, most recently in 2026
• Monster's loch - used 54 times, most recently in 2024
• Capone's nemesis - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Untouchable Eliot - used 53 times, most recently in 2024
• Noun suffix - used 48 times, most recently in 2023
• Promontory - used 47 times, most recently in 2023
• The Loch __ monster - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Capone nemesis - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Scottish loch - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Cape - used 36 times, most recently in 2008
• Stack role - used 35 times, most recently in 2009
• Famed loch - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Mysterious loch - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• 1987 Costner role - used 31 times, most recently in 2022
• Stack part - used 29 times, most recently in 2015
• Costner role - used 28 times, most recently in 2021
• Capone foe - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
• Eliot of the Untouchables - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Famous loch - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Storied loch - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Lawman Eliot - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Scottish monster's loch - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Noted loch - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Loch of note - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Loch with a legend - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Capone chaser - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Nitti's nemesis - used 14 times, most recently in 2014
• Top Untouchable - used 14 times, most recently in 2016
• Capone pursuer - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Loch of fame - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
• Loch of legend - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• "The Untouchables" lawman - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
• It's a loch - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Noun-forming suffix - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Untouchables leader - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
• Capone's foe - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• "Good" or "bad" ending - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• "The Untouchables" protagonist - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
• Famous Fed - used 10 times, most recently in 2008
• Noun ending. - used 10 times, most recently in 1977
• Well-known loch - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• Highland loch - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• Loch with a monster - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Untouchable leader - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Costner's role in "The Untouchables" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Monster's home - used 8 times, most recently in 2004
• Monstrous loch - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Robert Stack role - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• T-man Eliot - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• "The Untouchables" agent Eliot - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Capone adversary - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Costner screen role - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Ending like -acity - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Leader of the Untouchables - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Legend-laden loch - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Mythical monster's loch - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• State of: Suffix. - used 7 times, most recently in 1966
• "The Untouchables" hero - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• An Untouchable - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Good ending? - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Loch with a cryptid - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Monster loch - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
• Nitti nemesis - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Prohibition agent Eliot - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Role for Stack or Costner - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• "The Untouchables" character - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• The Untouchables' leader - used 6 times, most recently in 2013

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.

• Hammer end - PEEN, used 79 times
• Tail end - REAR, used 43 times
• End in ___ - ATIE, used 40 times
• Back end - REAR, used 39 times
• End in ___ (require overtime) - ATIE, used 37 times
• At an end - OVER, used 35 times

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