"Cotton Comes to Harlem" director Davis

The answer

OSSIE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OSSIE answer page.

Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for OSSIE

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

• Actor Davis - used 149 times, most recently in 2026
• Davis of "Do the Right Thing" - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
• "Do the Right Thing" actor Davis - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Davis of "Jungle Fever" - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Davis of "Grumpy Old Men" - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Davis of "Dr. Dolittle" - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Actor/activist Davis - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Davis of Hollywood - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• "Grumpy Old Men" actor Davis - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Ruby Dee's hubby - used 7 times, most recently in 2004
• Davis in "Do the Right Thing" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Davis of "King" - used 6 times, most recently in 2006

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.

• Director Kurosawa - AKIRA, used 113 times
• It comes from the heart - AORTA, used 108 times
• "It's a Wonderful Life" director - CAPRA, used 85 times
• Director Welles - ORSON, used 80 times
• Cotton thread - LISLE, used 75 times
• Actress Davis - GEENA, used 66 times

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