Polite fellow
The crossword clue "Polite fellow" is answered by GENT, a 4-letter entry. Used 36 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1993. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
GENT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GENT answer page.
Used 36 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1993. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for GENT
Every other clue in this collection answered by GENT, most used first.
- Fellow - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
- Chap - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
- Bloke - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
- Lady's man - used 32 times, most recently in 2018
- Mannerly man - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Fellow - CHAP, used 204 times
- Polite address - MAAM, used 88 times
- British fellow - CHAP, used 60 times
- Polite term of address - MAAM, used 36 times
- "For ___ jolly good fellow . . . " - HESA, used 29 times
- Polite interruption - AHEM, used 26 times
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