Famous uncle

The answer

SAM

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

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2006; first recorded in 1959. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• REMUS (7 uses in xd)
• NED (1 uses in xd)
• VANYA (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for SAM

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

• America's uncle - used 96 times, most recently in 2026
• "Casablanca" pianist - used 65 times, most recently in 2024
• Muppet eagle - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Uncle ___ - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• Frodo's friend - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• "Cheers" bartender - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Friend of Frodo - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Sleuth Spade - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
• Houston of Texas - used 30 times, most recently in 2022
• "Stay With Me" singer Smith - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Patriotic uncle - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Rick's pianist - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• "You Send Me" singer Cooke - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Actor Waterston - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• American Uncle - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Newsman Donaldson - used 14 times, most recently in 2018
• Singer Cooke - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ Browne belt. - used 12 times, most recently in 2006
• "Cheers" barkeep - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Texas's Houston - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Froot Loops toucan - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Golfer Snead - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• "Grace and Frankie" actor Waterston - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Playwright Shepard - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
• Uncle of note - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• Walton of Wal-Mart - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
• Yosemite ___ - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Actor Elliott - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• "Cheers" role - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Finger-pointing "Uncle" - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Houston - used 9 times, most recently in 1981
• "I Want You" uncle - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• Pianist at Rick's - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• Ted's "Cheers" role - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• U.S. missile - used 9 times, most recently in 1990
• Wal-Mart founder Walton - used 9 times, most recently in 2010
• "As Time Goes By" singer in "Casablanca" - used 8 times, most recently in 2005
• Detective Spade - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Singer Smith - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• "Cheers" character - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Houston, for one - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• ___-I-Am - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• National uncle - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• "Play It Again, ___" - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Quarterback Darnold - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Speaker Rayburn. - used 7 times, most recently in 1956
• Ted's role on "Cheers" - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Walton of Walmart - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Actor Neill - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Brewer Adams - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Cooke of soul - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Pal of Frodo - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• "The Muppet Show" eagle - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• U.S. "Uncle" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Waterston of "Law & Order" - used 6 times, most recently in 2017

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.

• Spanish uncle - TIO, used 71 times
• Scottish uncle - EME, used 56 times
• "Seinfeld" uncle - LEO, used 47 times
• Uncle (Sp.) - TIO, used 41 times
• Uncle, in Spanish - TIO, used 38 times
• "Uncle Tom's Cabin" girl - EVA, used 38 times

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