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The answer

TWO

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

Used 10 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 6 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.

• 2ND (1 uses in xd)
• EQUALIZE (1 uses in xd)
• SAILORSRESPONSE (1 uses in xd)
• SEQUEL (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for TWO

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

• Pair - used 107 times, most recently in 2026
• Binary base - used 91 times, most recently in 2026
• Deuce - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Tango requirement - used 38 times, most recently in 2024
• A couple - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• A pair of - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Brace - used 30 times, most recently in 2016
• Couple - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Early afternoon - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Afternoon hour - used 29 times, most recently in 2023
• What it takes to tango - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
• Tango need - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• A pair - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Only even prime number - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Tango quorum - used 18 times, most recently in 2019
• Wee hour - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Duo - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• First prime - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• "It takes ___ to tango" - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Jefferson's bill - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• "Terrible" age - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• First prime number - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Snake eyes - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
• Tango number - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Cube root of eight - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Seesaw quorum - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Tango team - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• The only even prime number - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• "___ can play that game" - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Even prime - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Company. - used 10 times, most recently in 2012
• Smallest prime number - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• A couple of - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Company quorum - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Duet number - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Early afternoon hour - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Helium's atomic number - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Company, proverbially - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Number for the show - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
• Seesaw complement - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• A quarter of eight - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Dos, in English - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Love-seat capacity - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• One more than one - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Smallest prime - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Tangoing number - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Company number? - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Duet complement - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• It's company, it's said - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Jefferson bill - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• Lowest prime number - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• More than one - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Number in a Dickens title - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Rare bill - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Rarely-seen bill - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Tango necessity - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Word with faced or fisted - used 6 times, most recently in 2009

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.

• ___ Aviv - TEL, used 792 times
• Attempt - TRY, used 410 times
• ___ Mahal - TAJ, used 409 times
• "___ the season ..." - TIS, used 398 times
• Mao ___-tung - TSE, used 389 times
• ___ chi - TAI, used 380 times

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