Boys, to men
The crossword clue "Boys, to men" is answered by SONS, a 4-letter entry. Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2004. 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
SONS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SONS answer page.
Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SONS
Every other clue in this collection answered by SONS, most used first.
- Family members - used 32 times, most recently in 2023
- Male children - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
- Offspring - used 27 times, most recently in 2019
- Some heirs - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Male offspring - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- "___ and Lovers" - used 21 times, most recently in 2021
- Mama's boys - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Some offspring - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Some babies - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Some children - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- Some business partners - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Babies in blue - used 13 times, most recently in 2020
- Boys in the family - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- "My Three __" - used 13 times, most recently in 2009
- "___ of Anarchy" - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Male heirs - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
- Heirs, often - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Male deliveries - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Princes, e.g. - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- "___ and Lovers" (D. H. Lawrence novel) - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- About half of all deliveries - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Chips off the old block - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Part of S.A.R. - used 8 times, most recently in 2000
- Boys in a family - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Children. - used 7 times, most recently in 1997
- Dad's boys - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Daughters' counterparts - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Mamas' boys - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Mom's boys - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Pearl Buck book - used 7 times, most recently in 1993
- Princes, but not princesses - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Some deliveries - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Some progeny - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
- Steinway & __ - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- "The ___ of Katie Elder" - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
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.
- "Three men in ___" - ATUB, used 84 times
- Boys - LADS, used 82 times
- For men only - STAG, used 80 times
- Men-only - STAG, used 67 times
- Wise men - MAGI, used 59 times
- G-men - FEDS, used 45 times
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