__ Isaac Newton

The answer

SIR

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

Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SIR

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

• Knight's title - used 324 times, most recently in 2026
• Polite address - used 138 times, most recently in 2026
• Knight's address - used 103 times, most recently in 2026
• Round Table title - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
• Army address - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
• Round Table address - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
• Title. - used 53 times, most recently in 1997
• Title for a knight - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• Military address - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Knightly address - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• "Dear __ or Madam . . ." - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Knightly title - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• "To ___ With Love" - used 37 times, most recently in 2024
• Title for Elton John - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• "Dear" one - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
• Respectful title - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• -- Lancelot - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Baronet's title - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
• Respectful address - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Title of respect - used 26 times, most recently in 2023
• General address - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Gentleman - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Peppermint Patty, to Marcie - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
• Lady's man - used 20 times, most recently in 2022
• Madam's counterpart - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
• Mister - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• British title - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Lancelot's title - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Polite title - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Elton John's title - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Letter opener - used 16 times, most recently in 2011
• Man's title - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• "Aaron Burr, ___" ("Hamilton" song) - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Term of respect - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• "To ___, with Love" (Sidney Poitier film) - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Base address - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• "My dear man" - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
• Term of address. - used 13 times, most recently in 2014
• Title for Patrick Stewart - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Title for Paul McCartney - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• "Dear ___" - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Dubbed one - used 12 times, most recently in 2012
• Formal address - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Galahad's title - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Hitchcock title - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
• Madam's mate - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
• McCartney title - used 12 times, most recently in 2016
• What Marcie calls Peppermint Patty - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Word said with a salute - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• English title - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Knight. - used 11 times, most recently in 2013
• Title for Anthony Hopkins - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Title for Galahad - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Title for Isaac Newton - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Title for McCartney - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Polite term of address - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Title for Lancelot - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• "Yes, ___!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• British knight's title - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• __ Elton John - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• "My good man" - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Title for Arthur Conan Doyle - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Title for Elton - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Title for tennis great Andy Murray - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Title of honor - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• "Aye aye, ___!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Elton John title - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• McCartney's title - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Paul McCartney, for one - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• Title for Ian McKellen - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Address for a knight - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Arthur Conan Doyle's title - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Elton John, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Galahad or Lancelot - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Gawain's title - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Ma'am's counterpart - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• "My dear fellow" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Round Table honorific - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Title for Sean Connery - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Title for two Beatles - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• What to call a knight - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• "Aaron Burr, ___" ("Hamilton" song with a rhyming title) - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Churchill's title - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Honorific for McCartney - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Jousting title - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Knight address - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Knight title - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Madam's partner - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Officer's address - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Raleigh, for one - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Title for Michael Caine - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Title for Mick Jagger - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Title of nobility - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Titled Brit - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Tristan's title - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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