NBA great Ming
The crossword clue "NBA great Ming" is answered by YAO, a 3-letter entry. Used 8 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2020. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
YAO
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the YAO answer page.
Used 8 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2020. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for YAO
Every other clue in this collection answered by YAO, most used first.
- Ming of the NBA - used 21 times, most recently in 2019
- Former NBA star Ming - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- NBA legend Ming - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Ming in the Basketball Hall of Fame - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Basketball star Ming - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Retired NBAer Ming - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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- Guitar great Paul - LES, used 50 times
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