Young chap

The answer

LAD

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LAD answer page.

Used 89 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 26 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.

• BUCKO (6 uses in xd)
• BOY (1 uses in xd)
• LADDIE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for LAD

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

• Young fellow - used 343 times, most recently in 2026
• Boy - used 115 times, most recently in 2026
• Young boy - used 112 times, most recently in 2026
• Youth - used 109 times, most recently in 2024
• Stripling - used 102 times, most recently in 2024
• Youngster - used 77 times, most recently in 2023
• Young bloke - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
• Young man - used 64 times, most recently in 2025
• Chap - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• Little guy - used 37 times, most recently in 2024
• Shaver - used 36 times, most recently in 2023
• Little shaver - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
• Schoolboy - used 28 times, most recently in 2022
• Terhune dog - used 23 times, most recently in 2010

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.

• Young fox - KIT, used 106 times
• Young one - TOT, used 82 times
• Young seal - PUP, used 80 times
• Young newt - EFT, used 62 times
• Young ___ - UNS, used 48 times
• Young dog - PUP, used 42 times

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