"The Liner ___ a lady . . . "

The answer

SHES

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

Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 1977; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 1 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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• SHESA (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for SHES

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

• Females - used 46 times, most recently in 2021
• Women - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Cows and sows - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
• "__ Gotta Have It" - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ Gotta Have It" (Spike Lee film) - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• The Beatles' "__ a Woman" - used 19 times, most recently in 2022
• "I'll have what ___ having" - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• The Beatles' "___ Leaving Home" - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
• "-- a Lady" - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• "___ a Lady" (Tom Jones hit) - used 15 times, most recently in 2019
• "___ a Lady" (Tom Jones song) - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• "___ All That" (1999 rom-com) - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Tom Jones's "___ a Lady" - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Ladies - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
• "___ All That" (1999 film) - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Mother and daughter - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Spike Lee's "___ Gotta Have It" - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• "-- Funny That Way" - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• "___ Like the Wind" ("Dirty Dancing" song) - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Mothers and daughters - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Some babies - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• "___ a Lady" (Tom Jones) - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• "__ a Woman" (Beatles tune) - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• "___ Always a Woman" (Billy Joel song) - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Billy Joel's "___ Always a Woman" - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• "___ Come Undone" (Wally Lamb novel) - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ got a ticket to ride ..." - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• "___ Like the Wind" (Patrick Swayze hit) - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• The Rolling Stones' "___ a Rainbow" - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Tom Jones' "__ a Lady" - used 6 times, most recently in 2019

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.

• Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
• In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
• On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
• From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
• Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
• Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times

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