A handful of
The crossword clue "A handful of" is answered by SOME, a 4-letter entry. Used 36 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
SOME
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SOME answer page.
Used 36 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 10 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.
- SEVERAL (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for SOME
Every other clue in this collection answered by SOME, most used first.
- A few - used 188 times, most recently in 2026
- Not all - used 97 times, most recently in 2026
- Vague amount - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- "___ Like It Hot" - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- To a degree - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
- A handful - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
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- Wild guess - STAB, used 480 times
- Appear - SEEM, used 451 times
- Ooze - SEEP, used 449 times
- "Auld Lang ___" - SYNE, used 447 times
- Withered - SERE, used 400 times
- Location - SITE, used 390 times
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