Answer: SAM
SAM is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 407 times.
Referring Clues:
- Texas patriot Houston
 - Ted's role on "Cheers"
 - "Gunsmoke" bartender
 - Uncle of note
 - Texas's Houston
 - "As Time Goes By" singer in "Casablanca"
 - Uncle ___
 - Mil. defense weapon
 - U.S. defense weapon
 - Uncle who "wants you!"
 - Penrod's pal, in "Penrod"
 - Film producer Spiegel
 - The U.S.A.'s "uncle"
 - Piano player in "Casablanca"
 - With 56-Across, three-time Masters winner
 - Wal-Mart founder Walton
 - Patriot, e.g.
 - With 25-Across, three-time Masters champ
 - __ Houston State (school whose colors are orange and white)
 - 2001 title role for Sean Penn
 - Player of "As Time Goes By," in film
 - Dooley Wilson's role in "Casablanca"
 - "Soul Man" singers __ and Dave
 - Spade, for one
 - Friend of Frodo
 - "Casablanca" role
 - Spike Lee's "Summer of ___"
 - 1950's-60's singer Cooke
 - ___ Adams, patriot with a beer named after him
 - "Casablanca" pianist
 - "Cheers" role
 - *Man in a star-spangled suit
 - Spiegel who produced "On the Waterfront"
 - *Figure in a star-spangled hat
 - ___ Hill
 - Half of a 1960s R & B duo
 - "Cheers" bartender
 - "Dick Tracy" character Catchem
 - Cooke who sang "You Send Me"
 - Football Hall-of-Famer Huff
 - Walton who founded Wal-Mart
 - Muppet eagle
 - Donaldson or Spade
 - America's Uncle
 - Finger-pointing "Uncle"
 - Waterston of "Law & Order"
 - Houston of Texas
 - Uncle of recruitment posters
 - Director Peckinpah
 - "The Wild Bunch" director Peckinpah
 - 2002 Sean Penn title role
 - Golfer Snead
 - Humphrey's "The Maltese Falcon" role
 - ___-I-Am (Seuss character)
 - TV newsman Donaldson
 - Singer Cooke
 - With 8-Down, legend of the links
 - Diane's TV boss on "Cheers"
 - Fictional detective Spade
 - 2002 title role for Sean Penn
 - Cartoondom's Yosemite ___
 - Neill of "Jurassic Park"
 - Green eggs and ham purveyor
 - Patriotic uncle
 - Yosemite ___
 - All-American guy?
 - Frodo's friend
 - Spade that digs up dirt
 - Newsman Donaldson
 - Owner of "Cheers"
 - Frodo's companion
 - "Summer of ___"
 - Taxing uncle?
 - Golf legend Snead
 - Houston of the Republic of Texas
 - "Play It Again, ___"
 - With 53-Across, "Would you eat them in a box? Would you eat them with a fox?" speaker
 - Dooley Wilson's most famous role
 - Cavity ___ (patient in the game Operation)
 - Sourdough ___ (mascot of the San Francisco 49ers)
 - Frodo's gardener
 - Eagle mascot of the Los Angeles Olympics
 - Dashiell detective
 - Kansas senator Brownback
 - "Muskrat Love" muskrat
 - TV barman Malone
 - Darrin's witchy woman
 - Butcher on "The Brady Bunch"
 - "As Time Goes By" pianist
 - His favorite dish is green eggs and ham
 - Walton of Walmart
 - Cubs owner Zell
 - Uncle on a poster
 - Pianist at Rick's
 - "Uncle" with a red bow tie
 - Tycoon Walton with a club
 - "Green Eggs and Ham" pusher
 - Pointing Uncle
 - "Uncle" dressed in red, white and blue
 - 1940s-'50s House Speaker Rayburn
 - "Cheers" barkeep
 - "Green Eggs and Ham" guy
 - "You Send Me" singer Cooke
 - Pianist at Rick's Café
 - TV witch, for short
 - Ted's ''Cheers'' role
 - Recruiting-poster Uncle
 - ''Casablanca'' pianist
 - Retail mogul Walton
 - ''Cheers'' character
 - ''Maltese Falcon'' character
 - National uncle
 - Hill of fame
 - Sch. term
 - Seuss character
 - ''The Wild Bunch'' director Peckinpah
 - Uncle of 32-Down
 - 1984 mascot: ___ the Olympic Eagle
 - "Chain Gang" singer Cooke
 - Soul singer Cooke
 - Finger-pointing ''Uncle''
 - Ted's role on ''Cheers''
 - Ted's classic character
 - Classic TV's ''Mayday'' Malone
 - ___ I Am (Dr. Seuss character)
 - Wal-Mart guy
 - Norm's bartender
 - Walton of Wal-Mart
 - Al Capp's Marryin' ___
 - Late billionaire Walton
 - All-American uncle
 - Houston or Shepard
 - Famous uncle
 - Uncle in a top hat
 - A guided missile
 - Character from Yosemite
 - Powerful uncle
 - Frodo's buddy
 - "Spider-Man" director Raimi
 - Spade for hire
 - Our Uncle
 - Actor-director Shepard
 - Spade the sleuth
 - News anchor Donaldson
 - "As Time Goes By" pianist of film
 - Green eggs and ham pusher
 - With 22 Down, Dr. Seuss character
 - Hammett's Spade
 - Houston after whom the Texas city is named
 - Soulful Cooke
 - Ted's "Cheers" role
 - "American Beauty" director Mendes
 - "I Am ___" (2001 film)
 - One of the Warner Brothers
 - Wealthy Walton
 - Yosemite __
 - Rick's pianist
 - "Cheers" character
 - Classic TV's "Mayday" Malone
 - With 12-Down, "Cheers" bar owner
 - Uncle who wants you?
 - Houston or Waterston
 - Business' Walton or Waksal
 - He played it again
 - 1964's "Biggest Cooke in Town"
 - Raimi or Rayburn
 - Actor Neill
 - See 60 Across
 - With 44D, director of "Jarhead"
 - "Maltese Falcon" character
 - Ricks pianist
 - The owner of Cheers on "Cheers"
 - "Casablanca" piano player
 - Froot Loops toucan
 - Piano player in Rick's place
 - Mr. Houston
 - *Noted Seuss protagonist with an upcoming birthday, and a hint to a two-part puzzle that begins this week (1)
 - Uncle ___ (taxing relative?)
 - Bartender in "Gunsmoke" or "Cheers"
 - Bartender for Cliff and Norm
 - The record man
 - Movie maker Goldwyn
 - "Casablanca" character
 - Uncle to a country?
 - "Play it again, ___" (famous line never actually said in "Casablanca")
 - Funnyman Kinison
 - Houston, e.g.
 - 1950s-'70s senator Ervin
 - Pianist at Rick's Cafe Americain
 - Jaffe of "Ben Casey"
 - Cohan's favorite uncle
 - Detective Spade
 - Actor Shepard or Elliott
 - Well-known uncle
 - "I can't remember it, Miss Ilsa. I'm a little rusty on it" speaker
 - Discount retailer Walton
 - Filmmaker Peckinpah
 - All of America's uncle
 - Eagle mascot of the 1984 L.A. Olympics
 - Business mogul Walton
 - "Cheers" character Malone
 - 'Casablanca' pianist
 - Sleuth Spade
 - Texas' Houston
 - 'Cheers' bartender
 - Pal of Frodo
 - 'Casablanca' role
 - 'Casa-blanca' pianist
 - America's 'Uncle'
 - Crooner Cooke
 - ___ -I-am
 - Golf's Snead
 - Senator Nunn
 - Yosemite ___ of cartoons
 - Uncle on recruiting posters
 - Wanted poster uncle?
 - Walmart founder Walton
 - Tom Hanks's "Sleepless in Seattle" role
 - Ted's "Cheers" character
 - Hill serving as a euphemism for hell
 - American uncle
 - "Avatar" star Worthington
 - Eagle mascot of the 1984 Summer Olympics
 - With 1-Down, famed sleuth
 - Eagle mascot of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics
 - "Lord of the Rings" sidekick
 - See 100-Across
 - "Twistin' the Night Away" singer Cooke
 - Abbr. in dungeons
 - "Bewitched" wife, familiarly
 - "Skyfall" director Mendes
 - "Green Eggs and Ham" narrator
 - Walton of retail
 - "The Lord of the Rings" Hobbit
 - Uncle with a top hat
 - Avuncular top hat wearer
 - Bronffman or Slick
 - Comedian Kinison
 - The USA's "uncle"
 - Cooke of soul
 - One of the muskrats in the 1976 hit "Muskrat Love"
 - "Uncle ___ wants you"
 - ___ the Eagle (a Muppet)
 - Mr. Walton
 - "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia" director Peckinpah
 - "Uncle" who wears red, white, and blue
 - Classic crooner Cooke
 - College football star Michael in 2014 news
 - He plays for 102 Down
 - With 67 Across, a Seuss character
 - U.S. 'Uncle'
 - To whom Ilsa said "I'll hum it for you"
 - "The Brady Bunch" butcher
 - Dashiells detective
 - "Green Eggs and Ham" man
 - Snead of golf
 - "Cheers" bar owner
 - Spade of "The Maltese Falcon"
 - "I Want You" uncle
 - Texas statesman Houston
 - Spade or Cooke
 - Houston who fought against Santa Anna
 - "Casablanca" piano man
 - Actor Jaffe
 - Stand-up comedian Kinison
 - Dick played by Humphrey
 - Bronffman or Spade
 - Spade of fiction
 - Waterston of Hollywood
 - Cooke with soul
 - Legendary soul singer Cooke
 - "Stay With Me" singer Smith
 - McCloud of 1970s TV's "McCloud"
 - Walton with a club
 - Rob's "West Wing" role
 - "I can't remember it, Miss Ilsa" speaker
 - Rick's piano player
 - Uncle in striped pants
 - Muppet name
 - Actor Shepard
 - "Ghost" guy
 - Green eggs advocate
 - Smith who sang the theme for "Spectre"
 - Bearded uncle
 - "Yosemite" toon
 - Casablanca musician
 - Oscar- and Grammy-winning singer Smith
 - Frodo's best friend
 - Who sings "As Time Goes By" in "Casablanca"
 - 'Cheers' barkeep
 - Texas hero Houston
 - Singer Smith
 - "Casablanca" man
 - First name on "Cheers"
 - One of Bugs' foes
 - Uncle of an entire country
 - Bronfman or Pollock
 - Retired newsman Donaldson
 - "The West Wing" speechwriter
 - Malone on "Cheers"
 - Uncle in red, white and blue
 - Film character who was asked to "Play it"
 - Uncle of a yank
 - ___ Adams
 - Actor Waterston
 - "Some of the old songs, ___" ("Casablanca" line)
 - Legendary singer Cooke
 - "I am ___" ("Green Eggs and Ham" beginning)
 - Male or female nickname
 - "Green Eggs and Ham" character
 - Unisex nickname
 - Outlaw Bass
 - Baseball hall-of-famer Crawford
 - Bugs' cowboy enemy
 - Houston, for example
 - Neill of film
 - See 15-Across
 - Uncle of America
 - Anti-aircraft missile
 - One of Frodo's friends
 - Bugs' cowboy foe
 - Marryin' ___ of "Li'l Abner"
 - Director Mendes
 - Toucan ___, Froot Loops mascot
 - Fourth of July Uncle
 - Literary detective Spade
 - Part of U.S.
 - Frodo's pal
 - Walmart's Walton
 - 27-Across' first name, for short
 - "Grace and Frankie" actor Waterston
 - Pants maker of song
 - Frodo's friend in "The Lord of the Rings"
 - Houston who fought Santa Anna
 - Looney Tunes cowboy
 - Uncle with a top hat and tie
 - Rick's "Casablanca" pianist
 - Eagle mascot of the last L.A. Olympics
 - Raimi of film
 - Montreal's Bronfman or Pollock
 - Dr. Seuss character
 - What to call a Spade
 - Rick's Café Américain employee
 - Finger-pointing uncle
 - One of the original Warner Bros.
 - America's "uncle"
 - Symbolic uncle
 - Uncle's name
 - Singer/songwriter Smith
 - Uncle in patriotic posters
 - "Maltese Falcon" gumshoe
 - Frodo's sidekick
 - Recruiting poster pointer
 - Patriotic nickname
 - "The Lord of the Rings" role
 - Playwright Shepard
 - Houston, for one
 - Mr. Spade
 - Spade said to be excellent at digging up dirt
 - ___-I-Am
 - Pusher of green eggs and ham
 - Cooke who sang "Twistin' the Night Away"
 - "Green Eggs and Ham" kid
 - Smith who had their first number one album in 2017
 - Busy Bee, for short
 - "In the Lonely Hour" singer Smith
 - Cousin of cream cheese
 - "I'm Not the Only One" singer Smith
 - Uncle on posters
 - Private eye Spade
 - Wilson aka the Falcon
 - He's no Dutch uncle
 - Dr. Seuss' ___-I-am
 - "Totally Spies!" spy
 - Cooke who was known as the "King of Soul"
 - Uncle ___ (patriotic figure)
 - "Fifty Shades of Grey" director Taylor-Johnson
 - Companion of Frodo in "The Lord of the Rings"
 - "Diamonds" singer Smith
 - Namesake of a popular club
 - Actor/musician Milby
 - Short beer order
 - Symbolic U.S. "uncle"
 - Spade with a short handle?
 - Captain America alter ego ___ Wilson
 - ___ Taylor-Johnson, director of "Fifty Shades of Grey"
 - Heughan of "Outlander"
 - ___ Bankman-Fried, fallen crypto mogul
 - "Bring It on Home to Me" singer Cooke
 - Richardson of "The Afterparty"
 - Uncle associated with the 12-Down
 - ___ Smith English singer
 - Altman who's the C.E.O. of OpenAI
 - Nickname that omits -antha
 - Writer and comedian Jay
 - "Veep" actor Richardson
 - Actor Rockwell
 - "Mr. Robot" creator Esmail
 - Uncle on an iconic W.W. I poster
 - Actor and playwright Shepard
 - "Unholy" singer Smith
 - "1883" actor Elliott
 - Tech entrepreneur Altman
 - "The Muppets" eagle
 - "Gloria" artist Smith
 - "A Change Is Gonna Come" singer-songwriter Cooke
 - Froot Loops mascot Toucan ___
 
Last Seen In:
- LA Times - October 23, 2025
 - New York Times - August 23, 2025
 - LA Times - August 05, 2025
 - New York Times - July 20, 2025
 - USA Today - March 26, 2025
 - USA Today - March 20, 2025
 - LA Times - February 02, 2025
 - LA Times - January 22, 2025
 - LA Times - December 16, 2024
 - New York Times - December 13, 2024
 - New York Times - December 03, 2024
 - LA Times - November 14, 2024
 - LA Times - August 09, 2024
 - USA Today - July 08, 2024
 - USA Today - June 14, 2024
 - USA Today - April 11, 2024
 - LA Times - March 31, 2024
 - New York Times - March 25, 2024
 - LA Times - January 22, 2024
 - LA Times - January 11, 2024
 
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