One of a bear trio
The crossword clue "One of a bear trio" is answered by PAPA, a 4-letter entry. Used 40 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus.
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PAPA
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Used 40 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Every other clue in this collection answered by PAPA, most used first.
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