Darling of the diamond

The answer

RON

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

Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for RON

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

• Director Howard - used 234 times, most recently in 2026
• Harry's friend - used 45 times, most recently in 2025
• Harry Potter pal - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Friend of Harry and Hermione - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
• "Apollo 13" director Howard - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Jockey Turcotte - used 31 times, most recently in 2019
• Man's nickname. - used 27 times, most recently in 1972
• "Anchorman: The Legend of ___ Burgundy" - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Wood of the Rolling Stones - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Darling of baseball - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• "A Beautiful Mind" director Howard - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• "Arrested Development" narrator Howard - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Actor Silver - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Harry Potter's best friend - used 15 times, most recently in 2020
• Howard of "Happy Days" - used 14 times, most recently in 2017
• L. __ Hubbard - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• '80s First Son - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
• Guitarist Wood - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Howard of Hollywood - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Actor Ely - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• "Cocoon" director Howard - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
• Comedian Funches - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Howard of "American Graffiti" - used 11 times, most recently in 2010
• 80's White House nickname - used 10 times, most recently in 2006
• Actor Perlman - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Film director Howard - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Harry Potter's pal - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• King Arthur's lance - used 10 times, most recently in 1990
• Wood of the Stones - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
• Politico Paul - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• "This Is Us" Emmy winner ___ Cephas Jones - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Actor Leibman - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
• Florida governor DeSantis - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Harry Potter pal Weasley - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Harry's pal at Hogwarts - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Potter pal Weasley - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Weasley at Hogwarts - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Darling of the Mets - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Harry and Hermione's friend - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Oregon senator Wyden - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Actor/director Howard - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Darling of the 1980s Mets - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Harry's pal Weasley - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Jimmy's successor - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Pal of Harry and Hermione - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• "Parks and Recreation" character Swanson - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• White House nickname - used 6 times, most recently in 2010

Related clues

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• "___ the season ..." - TIS, used 398 times
• To the ___ degree - NTH, used 389 times
• In the manner of - ALA, used 367 times

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