Eve's origin
The crossword clue "Eve's origin" is answered by RIB, a 3-letter entry. Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
RIB
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RIB answer page.
Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for RIB
Every other clue in this collection answered by RIB, most used first.
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- Umbrella part - used 90 times, most recently in 2026
- Chest bone - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
- Poke fun at - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- Kid - used 45 times, most recently in 2024
- Bone in a cage - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Curved bone - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Josh - used 36 times, most recently in 2023
- Vault part - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Cage component - used 30 times, most recently in 2020
- Barbecue bit - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Chest protector - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Needle - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Umbrella spoke - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Barbecue offering - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Spare part? - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Barbecue morsel - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Make fun of - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
- Razz - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Adam's donation - used 12 times, most recently in 2007
- Corduroy feature - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
- Bit of barbecue - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Bone. - used 9 times, most recently in 1968
- "Adam's ___" (Spencer Tracy/Katharine Hepburn film) - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Eve, originally - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Eve's genesis - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Messy barbecue morsel - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Adam's contribution - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
- Beef cut - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Leaf vein - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Messy morsel at a barbecue - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- One in a cage - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Part of a cage - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Prime ___ - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Umbrella stiffener - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Part of a barbecued "rack" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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