) or (, for short
The crossword clue ") or (, for short" is answered by PAREN, a 5-letter entry. Used 14 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1986. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
PAREN
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PAREN answer page.
Used 14 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1986. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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- ( or ), briefly - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
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