Sam or Tom
The crossword clue "Sam or Tom" is answered by UNCLE, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2003; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
UNCLE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the UNCLE answer page.
Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2003; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for UNCLE
Every other clue in this collection answered by UNCLE, most used first.
- "I give up!" - used 74 times, most recently in 2026
- "I give!" - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
- Quitter's cry - used 31 times, most recently in 2020
- Cry of surrender - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- Mom's brother - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Word of surrender - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Dad's brother - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Family member - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- "I surrender!" - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Reunion attendee - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Cry of defeat - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
- Aunt's husband - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Napoleon Solo's org. - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
- Sam, for one - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Male relative - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Parent's brother - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Relative. - used 8 times, most recently in 2002
- Verbal white flag - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Cousin's dad - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Tom or Sam - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
- Mother's brother - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Golf great Sam - SNEAD, used 54 times
- Sam of "Jurassic Park" - NEILL, used 48 times
- "Spider-Man" director Sam - RAIMI, used 44 times
- Golfer Sam - SNEAD, used 43 times
- Tom of "The Seven Year Itch" - EWELL, used 29 times
- "Jurassic Park" star Sam - NEILL, used 18 times
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