"___ creature was . . . "

The answer

NOTA

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

Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1973. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for NOTA

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

• ___ bene - used 163 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of N.B. - used 76 times, most recently in 2025
• "___ chance!" - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• "__ creature was stirring . . ." - used 44 times, most recently in 2025
• "___ dry eye in the house" - used 11 times, most recently in 2012
• The "N" of N.B. - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ problem" - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• ___ care in the world - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• Part of NB - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• The "n" in n.b. - used 7 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.

• "That was close!" - PHEW, used 117 times
• "When I was ___ . . . " - ALAD, used 96 times
• Was aware of - KNEW, used 70 times
• Was in debt - OWED, used 69 times
• Was in the red - OWED, used 68 times
• "That was close!" - WHEW, used 50 times

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