Smart-alecky
The crossword clue "Smart-alecky" is answered by WISE, a 4-letter entry. Used 22 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1993. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
WISE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WISE answer page.
Used 22 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1993. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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