___ poor example
The crossword clue "___ poor example" is answered by SETA, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SETA
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SETA answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 4 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.
- CBHURCHMOUSE (1 uses in xd)
- CHURCHMOUSE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for SETA
Every other clue in this collection answered by SETA, most used first.
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- ___ good example - used 133 times, most recently in 2025
- ___ precedent - used 102 times, most recently in 2026
- Stiff hair - used 30 times, most recently in 2021
- ___ trap - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
- ___ record - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
- Biological bristle - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
- Silk, in Italy. - used 10 times, most recently in 1968
- Caterpillar hair - used 9 times, most recently in 2005
- Words with "precedent" or "good example" - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
- Stiff bristle - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Botanical bristle - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- ___ new world's record - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Silk: Italian. - used 7 times, most recently in 1956
- Lead-in to "date" or "trap" - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- ___ new world record - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Words before "goal" or "course" - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
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.
- Poor grades - DEES, used 75 times
- "___, poor Yorick!" - ALAS, used 75 times
- Give as an example - CITE, used 48 times
- "Poor me!" - ALAS, used 37 times
- Poor, as an excuse - LAME, used 36 times
- Money for the poor - ALMS, used 32 times
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