". . . __ iron bars a cage"

The answer

NOR

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NOR answer page.

Used 26 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1982. It appears in 5 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.

• SEAMS (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for NOR

Every other clue in this collection answered by NOR, most used first.

• Neither's partner - used 359 times, most recently in 2026
• Neither here ___ there - used 184 times, most recently in 2026
• Neither partner - used 151 times, most recently in 2026
• Negative conjunction - used 144 times, most recently in 2026
• Neither mate - used 122 times, most recently in 2026
• And not - used 104 times, most recently in 2026
• Negative link - used 94 times, most recently in 2025
• Conjunction - used 90 times, most recently in 2023
• Neither fish __ fowl - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
• Hide-hair link - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
• ___'easter - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
• Hide ___ hair - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• Scand. land - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Likewise not - used 47 times, most recently in 2024
• Neither's companion - used 45 times, most recently in 2025
• Hide-hair connector - used 44 times, most recently in 2024
• Correlative - used 41 times, most recently in 2004
• "... ___ gloom of night ..." - used 38 times, most recently in 2023
• "... ___ a lender be" - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Here-there link - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Postal creed word - used 36 times, most recently in 2022
• Easter preceder - used 34 times, most recently in 2024
• "Neither snow ___ rain ... " - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• "That's neither here ___ there" - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Negative connector - used 31 times, most recently in 2023
• Here-there connector - used 28 times, most recently in 2024
• "Neither a borrower ___ a lender be" - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ any drop to drink" - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Neither companion - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Neither/___ - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Common conjunction - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Hide-hair insert - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ any drop to drink": Coleridge - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
• Fish-fowl insert - used 21 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Source of iron - ORE, used 46 times
• Bone in a cage - RIB, used 44 times
• "La Cage ___ Folles" - AUX, used 35 times
• Cage component - RIB, used 30 times
• Iron source - ORE, used 27 times
• Actor Cage, familiarly - NIC, used 21 times

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