"Dear ___ ..."
The crossword clue ""Dear ___ ..."" is answered by SIRS, a 4-letter entry. Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SIRS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SIRS answer page.
Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 6 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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Other clues for SIRS
Every other clue in this collection answered by SIRS, most used first.
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- Letter opener - used 71 times, most recently in 2025
- Knights' titles - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
- Round Table titles - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Titles for knights - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- "Dear" ones - used 25 times, most recently in 2021
- Knights - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
- Knighted ones - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Knighted fellows - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- They're dubbed - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
- British knights - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
- Gents - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Letter start - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
- Military addresses - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- Old letter opener - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Bestowed titles - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
- Knight titles - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Dear follower - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Dubbed ones - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Formal letter opener - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Impersonal letter intro - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Knighted men - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Letter starter - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
- Old-fashioned letter opener - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Knights, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Misters - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- Dear me! - ALAS, used 58 times
- "Oh, dear!" - ALAS, used 54 times
- "Dear ___ Hansen" - EVAN, used 44 times
- "Dear me!" - OHNO, used 32 times
- "Dear --" - ABBY, used 19 times
- Dear partner - NEAR, used 19 times
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