However, briefly
The crossword clue "However, briefly" is answered by THO, a 3-letter entry. Used 88 times across 30 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 26 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
THO
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the THO answer page.
Used 88 times across 30 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
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Other clues for THO
Every other clue in this collection answered by THO, most used first.
- Howe'er - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
- However, for short - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
- Even if, briefly - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- E'en if - used 37 times, most recently in 2025
- However, informally - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Even if, for short - used 30 times, most recently in 2021
- Nevertheless, briefly - used 22 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.
- However - YET, used 122 times
- Up to, briefly - TIL, used 117 times
- However - BUT, used 112 times
- Back muscle, briefly - LAT, used 97 times
- "Today" rival, briefly - GMA, used 75 times
- Camera type, briefly - SLR, used 68 times
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