Answer: MAMA
MAMA is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 255 times.
Referring Clues:
- "Pistol Packin' ___"
- Baby doll's cry
- "Oh, ___!"
- Doll's cry
- Nursery call
- Family head
- Peggy Wood's title role on 50's TV
- "Red hot" person
- Baby's first word, maybe
- Cry from a crib
- Doll's word
- Big ___
- Person who hears "goo-goo"
- One of the Three Bears
- "__'s Family" (Carol Burnett show)
- Doll's utterance
- First word out of one's mouth?
- Early 50's TV comedy
- Red-hot one?
- Cass, e.g.
- Papa's partner
- Baby's word
- Grandma's daughter
- 1950's TV comedy/drama starring Peggy Wood
- Call from the nursery
- "Hot" one
- Nursery cry
- Remembered family member?
- "Don't Tell ___" ("Cabaret" song)
- ___ Bear
- Cradle call
- With 10-Across, popular 1960's-70's singer
- Word from the crib
- Singer Michelle or Cass
- Papa's mate
- "___ Said" (1961 hit)
- Doll's cry, maybe
- Papa's wife
- Word from a doll
- Cass or Michelle
- Michelle Phillips or Cass Elliot
- Doll's call
- Crib cry
- Crib call
- Cass Elliot's moniker
- Baby talk?
- Cass Elliot, once
- Big ___ Thornton of the blues
- Family lady
- Word heard from a crib
- Baby's call
- Bear whose porridge was too cold
- One of the Grimm bears
- Dolly's call
- Baby's first word, sometimes
- Baby's cry
- Biker chick
- Cry from the crib
- Porridge-serving bear
- Family member
- Tot's first word, often
- Baby carrier
- One of the folks
- Bit of baby talk
- "___ Said" (Lenny Kravitz's second album)
- First song on Genesis's "Genesis" album
- One of the Berenstain Bears
- "Y Tu ___ Tambi‚n" (2001 film)
- "___ Said Knock You Out" (1991 LL Cool J hit)
- Call from the crib
- Common first word
- Early word
- Vicki Lawrence character
- "Is Your ___ a Llama?" (Deborah Guarino children's book)
- "When You're Good to ___" ("Chicago" song)
- Cry from a dolly
- '60s quartet member
- Opening word?
- Crib word
- Cass or Michelle, in the '60s
- Storied bear
- Child's cry
- Vicki Lawrence sitcom role
- Cass was one
- 44 Across' spouse
- Doll's comment
- Rose, of ''Gypsy''
- Bear seen by Goldilocks
- First word, often
- Family nickname
- ''Bohemian Rhapsody'' addressee
- Pistol packer of note
- She ''told me not to come''
- Nursery word
- Famous literary bear
- ''___ Told Me (Not to Come)''
- The middle-sized bear
- Red-hot person
- ''I Remember ___''
- Fairy tale bear
- First word, for many
- "Bohemian Rhapsody" addressee
- Baby's first word, perhaps
- Michelle Phillips, once
- Michelle or Cass
- Doll's cry, perhaps
- Word spoken by 14-Across
- Literary bear
- Elvis Presley's "___ Liked the Roses"
- Tot's cry
- Bear with cold porridge
- Cass's title
- Utterance from some dolls
- Owner of the bed that was too soft in "Goldilocks and the Three Bears"
- Wee one's wail
- First word, perhaps
- Remembered one?
- With 30-Down, "Dream a Little Dream of Me" singer
- "___ Told Me (Not to Come)"
- She "told me not to come"
- Nursery rhyme?
- Rose, of "Gypsy"
- "Y Tu ___ Tambin" (2001 film)
- ___ Cass Elliot
- Playpen plaint
- Mother
- Talking doll word
- Michelle Phillips was one in the '60s
- 49-Down's partner
- "Baby ___" (2008 comedy)
- "Big Bad ___"
- Doll call
- One of the Bears
- Toddler's cry
- Baby's first word, often
- "That's all right, ___" (lyric from Elvis's first single)
- Porridge-cooking bear
- Common starting word
- Baby carrier?
- Porridge-making Bear
- Papa's spouse
- 'I Remember ___'
- Talking doll's word
- Vicki Lawrence role
- Vicki Lawrence portrayal
- Doll cry
- Baby's first word
- Baby cry
- Papa's other half
- Big ___: nickname for LPGA great JoAnne Carner
- Title acquired the moment someone is born?
- Word from a crib
- Partner of 37 Across
- Fairytale bear
- Toddler's parent
- "That's all right, ___" (Elvis refrain)
- "Motorcycle___"
- Word heard in 37-Across
- 2-Down's counterpart
- "That's all right, ___" (Elvis lyric)
- Angie Dickinson's big, bad role
- Bear in a fairy tale
- Paternity suit petitioner, informally
- Mother, to baby
- Bear with cold food
- First word, maybe
- Doll's comment, often
- Baby doll's word
- 24-Down producer, informally
- ___ Cass
- Pistol packer in a 1943 #1 hit
- 1980s Vicki Lawrence TV role
- 105-Down's mate
- "When You're Good to ___" ("Chicago" tune)
- Household nickname
- Who "said knock you out," in an LL Cool J hit
- Honoree of the puzzle (and the starts of the theme answer words)
- 1961 hit, "___ Said"
- Baby's first word?
- Fairy-tale bear
- Baby ___
- Baby's word for mother
- Word heard when pulling a string
- 'I Remember '
- 58-Across soundalike
- Mother, informally
- Call from a nursery
- Call from a crib
- Wee one's word
- "Baby ___": 2008 Fey/Poehler comedy
- Baby's early word
- Word from baby
- Word before "Ooh, didn't mean to make you cry" in Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody"
- Matriarch, often
- Bear with a soft bed
- Three Bears female
- Baby doll cry
- Bear with a too-soft bed
- Country matriarch
- Toddler's word
- Who "can't buy you love" in an Elton John hit
- "___'s family"
- Bear with too-cold porridge
- 2Pac's "Dear ___"
- Pistol packer in a 1943 song
- Cold-porridge bear
- "___ Told Me (Not to Come)": 1970 #1 hit
- What may be baby's first word
- Toddler coddler
- "Baby ___" (Poehler/Fey movie)
- Middle of the Three Bears
- Frequent first word
- Bear with the too-cold porridge
- Bear whose bed was too soft
- Suga ___ ("The Proud Family" character)
- Papa Bear's partner
- Mother's nickname
- Baby's female parent
- Second largest of the Three Bears
- Either parent's nickname, perhaps
- Bear whose bed is too soft, in a children's story
- It may mean "I'm hungry!"
- "Lip Gloss" artist Lil ___
- Bear with the too-soft bed
- Bahama ___ (rum cocktail)
- Madre, less formally
- One of a baby's first words
- Informal title used seven times in "Bohemian Rhapsody"
- Mommy's partner, maybe
- Dada lover?
- Either of two "Monday, Monday" singers
- Common first word for babies
- Bahama ___
- "Llama Llama Misses ___": rhyming book by Anna Dewdney
- Who Grey says "thank you" to
- Cry from a doll
- Drag queen's term of endearment
- First word for some babies
- Playpen cry
- Baby's first word, commonly
- Storybook bear whose porridge was too cold
- Word from a baby doll
- Matriarch of the Three Bears
- "Llama Llama misses ___" (children's book)
- ___ Africa (nickname of singer/activist Miriam Makeba)
- Who "said there'll be days like this," in a 1961 hit
- Bear with a too-soft chair
- Papa's partner, sometimes
- Word with the same meaning in English, Swahili and Mandarin, among other languages
- "Hound Dog" singer Big ___ Thornton
- Fairy tale bear who apparently liked cold porridge and soft chairs
- Bear with a medium-sized chair
- Bonnet-sporting Berenstain Bear
- Parental term that is phonetically more difficult to say than "dada"
- Mom's partner, maybe
Last Seen In:
- LA Times - October 30, 2025
- USA Today - October 23, 2025
- USA Today - August 25, 2025
- New York Times - August 11, 2025
- LA Times - June 24, 2025
- LA Times - June 08, 2025
- New York Times - April 18, 2025
- New York Times - March 09, 2025
- New York Times - February 02, 2025
- New York Times - January 22, 2025
- New York Times - January 12, 2025
- New York Times - October 26, 2024
- New York Times - September 14, 2024
- LA Times - August 15, 2024
- USA Today - August 14, 2024
- USA Today - July 05, 2024
- USA Today - June 06, 2024
- LA Times - May 20, 2024
- LA Times - April 24, 2024
- New York Times - April 01, 2024
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