Chips off the old block

The answer

SONS

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

Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 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.

• CUNEIFORM (1 uses in xd)

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
• Boys, to men - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• 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
• 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

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• 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

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