Put -- show

The answer

ONA

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ONA answer page.

Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ONA

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

• Stop -- dime - used 122 times, most recently in 2026
• "Cat __ Hot Tin Roof" - used 75 times, most recently in 2023
• "___ Clear Day" - used 73 times, most recently in 2025
• Three ___ match - used 65 times, most recently in 2024
• ___ shoestring. - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ whim - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• Out ___ limb - used 56 times, most recently in 2025
• "Put __ Happy Face" - used 49 times, most recently in 2025
• ___ roll - used 49 times, most recently in 2022
• -- budget - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
• "Not -- dare!" - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• "Not ___ bet!" - used 28 times, most recently in 2021
• ___ mission - used 22 times, most recently in 2023
• Actress Munson - used 21 times, most recently in 2004
• Based ___ true story - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• -- roll (winning) - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• "Three Men ___ Horse." - used 19 times, most recently in 2012
• "I'm ___ roll!" - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• "Snakes ___ Plane" - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ lark - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• ___ roll (doing well) - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ hunch - used 15 times, most recently in 2019
• Turn ___ dime - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• "Based ___ true story" (2 wds.) - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• ___ roll (hot) - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Words before tear or dare - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Go out ___ limb - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• "Ode ___ Grecian Urn" - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• ___ trial basis - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ first-name basis - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• ___ spree - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
• -- tear - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• "__ Clear Day You Can See Forever" - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• "___ scale of 1 to 10 ... " (2 wds.) - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ Sunday afternoon . . . " - used 10 times, most recently in 1997
• ___ diet - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• "Leaving ___ Jet Plane" - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Miss Munson. - used 9 times, most recently in 1976
• __ scale of one to ten - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• -- tear (raging) - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• "Come ___ My House." - used 8 times, most recently in 1999
• ___ dare - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Off __ tangent - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• "__ scale of 1 to 10..." - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• "Strangers __ Train" - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Three-match connection - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• ___ whim (spontaneously) - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Words with dare or tear - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• "Bird __ Wire" - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• "__ Carousel": Hollies hit - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
• ___ case-by-case basis - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Go -- diet - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• -- roll (lucky) - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• "__ Slow Boat to China" - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• __ tight budget - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• __ whim; capriciously - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Bump -- log - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• End __ high note - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• "Hold ___ second ..." - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• "___ lighter note ..." - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Out ___ limb (2 wds.) - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Words before dare or tear - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Words with binge or budget - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Words with roll or whim - 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.

• Put away - ATE, used 208 times
• Put on - DON, used 181 times
• Put to work - USE, used 148 times
• Put away - EAT, used 140 times
• Put two and two together - ADD, used 138 times
• Put in stitches - SEW, used 137 times

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