Thing: Law.

The answer

RES

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

Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 1996; first recorded in 1943. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for RES

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

• In medias ___ - used 265 times, most recently in 2026
• Legal matter - used 168 times, most recently in 2026
• Hi-___ graphics - used 157 times, most recently in 2026
• Legal thing - used 145 times, most recently in 2025
• Hi-___ monitor - used 110 times, most recently in 2026
• Scale notes - used 105 times, most recently in 2023
• ___ judicata - used 64 times, most recently in 2025
• Hi-___ image - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• Hi-___ - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• Thing, in law - used 43 times, most recently in 2012
• Scale members - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ gestae - used 36 times, most recently in 2024
• Lawyer's thing - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
• Court matter - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• High-___ monitor - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Musical notes - used 21 times, most recently in 2012
• ___ publica - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• ___ ipsa loquitur - used 19 times, most recently in 2022
• Lo-___ - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Notes of scales - used 17 times, most recently in 2009
• High-___ image - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Legal point - used 16 times, most recently in 2006
• ___ judicata (decided case) - used 15 times, most recently in 2020
• Notes after dos - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Thing, in legalese - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Low-___ image - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Matter for the courts - used 14 times, most recently in 2012
• Apt., e.g. - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Lo-___ graphics - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Thing in court - used 13 times, most recently in 2013
• Hi-___ images - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• High-___ graphics - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Low-___ graphics - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Hi-___ audio - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Low-___ - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Matter in court - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Matter, in law - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Thing: Lat. - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• ___ adjudicata - used 8 times, most recently in 1998
• Phone-book abbr. - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Latin thing - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Legal matters. - used 7 times, most recently in 2000
• Object in court - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• ___ publica (commonwealth) - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• ___ publica (the state) - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Second notes - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• A thing, in law - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Matter of law - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• Second notes of the scale - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Thing, in legal briefs - used 6 times, most recently in 2011

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.

• Susan of "L.A. Law" - DEY, used 147 times
• Do the wrong thing - ERR, used 81 times
• "Sure thing!" - YES, used 80 times
• "Do the Right Thing" pizzeria owner - SAL, used 56 times
• Hearing thing - EAR, used 45 times
• "Law & Order: ___" - SVU, used 42 times

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