"___ Smile" (Hall & Oates hit)

The answer

SARA

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SARA answer page.

Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

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• ARAS (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for SARA

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

• Poet Teasdale - used 285 times, most recently in 2026
• Singer Bareilles - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• Gilbert of "Roseanne" - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• __ Lee cakes - used 47 times, most recently in 2025
• Actress Gilbert - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Mystery writer Paretsky - used 39 times, most recently in 2025
• Country singer Evans - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• F.D.R.'s mother - used 29 times, most recently in 2015
• FDR's mother - used 29 times, most recently in 2016
• Teasdale - used 29 times, most recently in 1999
• "Nobody doesn't like ___ Lee" - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
• "Two Mules for Sister ___" - used 23 times, most recently in 2013
• Gilbert of "The Talk" - used 21 times, most recently in 2019
• Girl's name. - used 19 times, most recently in 1968
• A Roosevelt - used 18 times, most recently in 2006
• "Love Song" singer Bareilles - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Mystery writer Woods - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
• Gilbert of "The Conners" - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Singer-songwriter Bareilles - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• "Waitress" composer Bareilles - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Lee of cakedom - used 15 times, most recently in 2020
• Franklin's mother - used 14 times, most recently in 2004
• ___ Lee (frozen dessert brand) - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Ramirez of "Grey's Anatomy" - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Franklin D.'s mother - used 12 times, most recently in 2014
• One of the Delanos. - used 12 times, most recently in 1967
• "___ Smile" (1976 hit) - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• "The Conners" actress Gilbert - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• 1986 #1 hit for Starship - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
• FDR's mom - used 11 times, most recently in 2010
• Pop singer Bareilles - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Teasdale of poetry - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
• Gilbert or Teasdale - used 10 times, most recently in 2012
• ___ Lee (dessert brand) - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Mystery novelist Paretsky - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Author Paretsky - used 9 times, most recently in 2011
• "Love Songs" poet Teasdale - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Mother of F.D.R. - used 9 times, most recently in 1991
• Name meaning princess. - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• "Water for Elephants" novelist Gruen - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Actress Gilbert of "Roseanne" - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Actress Mia - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Cakedom's __ Lee - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Detective novelist Paretsky - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• First name in cakes - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• ___ Lee - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Lee of cakes - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Lee of desserts - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Lee whom nobody doesn't like - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Mrs. Roosevelt - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Mystery author Paretsky - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Actress Allgood - used 7 times, most recently in 1998
• Girl's name meaning princess. - used 7 times, most recently in 1981
• Haines of "The View" - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Lee of baking - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Sister in an Eastwood film - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Tegan's twin - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Eleanor's mother-in-law - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Lee known for desserts - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Novelist Gruen - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Paretsky of whodunits - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• "Pretty Little Liars" author Shepard - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Pulitzer poet Teasdale - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• "Roseanne" actress Gilbert - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• "___ Smile" (Hall & Oates song) - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• 1998 Sarah McLachlan hit - ADIA, used 87 times
• Village People hit - YMCA, used 80 times
• Open-handed hit - SLAP, used 78 times
• "___ Smile Be Your Umbrella" - LETA, used 70 times
• Smile - GRIN, used 64 times
• Smile broadly - BEAM, used 63 times

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