Clever ones

The answer

WITS

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WITS answer page.

Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 4 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.

• FOXES (3 uses in xd)
• SMARTCOOKIES (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for WITS

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

• Funny folks - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Mental faculties - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Mental acuity - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Common sense - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Clever people - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• "I'm at my ___ end!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Ingenuity - used 9 times, most recently in 2009
• Sanity - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Cleverness - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Intelligence - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Keep your ___ about you - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Resourcefulness - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Shrewdness - 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.

• Little ones - TOTS, used 57 times
• Clumsy ones - OAFS, used 45 times
• Slippery ones - EELS, used 28 times
• "Dear" ones - SIRS, used 25 times
• Young ones - TOTS, used 23 times
• Clever remark - QUIP, used 21 times

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