Half an African fly

The answer

TSE

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

Used 16 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1977. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for TSE

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

• Mao ___-tung - used 389 times, most recently in 2026
• Lao-___ - used 99 times, most recently in 2024
• Half a fly - used 95 times, most recently in 2021
• Literary monogram - used 93 times, most recently in 2023
• "The Waste Land" monogram - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of Mao's name - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Mao follower? - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• China's Mao ___-tung - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Literary inits. - used 33 times, most recently in 2015
• "Cats" monogram - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• China's Lao-___ - used 30 times, most recently in 2023
• Philosopher Lao-___ - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Waste Land" poet's monogram - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Follower of Mao? - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Taoism founder Lao-___ - used 22 times, most recently in 2023
• Poetic monogram - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Poet's monogram - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
• Monogram of Prufrock's creator - used 15 times, most recently in 2006
• Literary initials - used 11 times, most recently in 2008
• "Murder in the Cathedral" monogram - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
• Prufrock creator's monogram - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
• When doubled, an African fly - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• "Ash Wednesday" monogram - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Bisected fly - used 9 times, most recently in 2008
• Lao-___, Chinese philosopher - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• "The Waste Land" author's monogram - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• "Cats" poet's monogram - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• "Gerontion" poet's monogram - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• K'ung Fu-___ (Confucius) - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Fashionable cashmere company - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• "Four Quartets" monogram - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• J.A. Prufrock's creator - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Monogram of "The Waste Land" poet - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• "The Waste Land" poet's initials - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• "Cats" inspirer's monogram - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Famed poet's monogram - 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.

• Half a score - TEN, used 144 times
• Half and half - ONE, used 131 times
• African antelope - GNU, used 124 times
• Half a dance - CHA, used 96 times
• Half of bi- - UNI, used 88 times
• Fly catcher - WEB, used 71 times

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