Hardy heroine
The crossword clue "Hardy heroine" is answered by TESS, a 4-letter entry. Used 280 times across 62 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 27 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
TESS
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Used 280 times across 62 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 27 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for TESS
Every other clue in this pilot answered by TESS, most used first.
- "___ of the D'Urbervilles" - used 110 times, most recently in 2026
- Thomas Hardy heroine - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
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