"For __ a jolly good fellow..."
The crossword clue ""For __ a jolly good fellow..."" is answered by HES, a 3-letter entry. Used 155 times across 34 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 28 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
HES
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HES answer page.
Used 155 times across 34 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 28 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for HES
Every other clue in this collection answered by HES, most used first.
- "For ___ a jolly ..." - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
- "For ___ a jolly good ..." - used 54 times, most recently in 2025
- Men - used 48 times, most recently in 2019
- Cock and bull - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- "___ So Fine" - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Guys - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Males - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- "-- a Rebel" - used 31 times, most recently in 2024
- "___ Just Not That Into You" - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Fathers and sons - used 23 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- For each - PER, used 391 times
- Young fellow - LAD, used 343 times
- "For shame!" - TSK, used 208 times
- Back muscle, for short - LAT, used 189 times
- Tit for ___ - TAT, used 189 times
- Life story, for short - BIO, used 140 times
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