"A Christmas Carol" boy

The answer

TIM

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TIM answer page.

Used 15 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 7 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.

• TINYTIM (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for TIM

Every other clue in this collection answered by TIM, most used first.

• Director Burton - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
• Singer McGraw - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Dickens boy - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Country singer McGraw - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Comic Conway - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• "Tiny" Dickens boy - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Dickens character. - used 18 times, most recently in 1987
• Tiny ___ - used 16 times, most recently in 2021
• Allen of "Home Improvement" - used 14 times, most recently in 2013
• Comedian Conway - used 14 times, most recently in 2005
• Bob Cratchit's son - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Lyricist Rice - used 13 times, most recently in 2008
• Apple CEO Cook - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Rice or Curry - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
• Actor Robbins - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Man's nickname. - used 10 times, most recently in 1969
• Three-time NBA Finals MVP Duncan - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Country star McGraw - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Curry or Rice - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Actor Curry - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Allen or Curry - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• "Beetlejuice" director Burton - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• "Humble and Kind" singer McGraw - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Quarterback Tebow - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Russert of "Meet the Press" - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• Tiny Dickens character - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Allen or Daly - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Allen or Tebow - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Conway or Curry - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Dickens lad. - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• "Dumbo" director Burton - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• The youngest Cratchit - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Tiny one - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Young Cratchit - used 6 times, most recently in 2004

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.

• Boy - LAD, used 115 times
• Young boy - LAD, used 112 times
• Egyptian boy king - TUT, used 76 times
• Boy king - TUT, used 72 times
• Mama's boy - SON, used 54 times
• Supermodel Carol - ALT, used 48 times

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