"___ Maria" (3)

I think it could be either:

ave

tia

(Other definitions for ave that I've seen before include "Roman greeting" , "Latin greeting" , "Cockney's own" , "Latin salutation" , "Hail in old Rome" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror, The Star Tribune, The New York Times, the USA Today, the LA Times, the Universal, the King Feature Syndicate and The Wall Street Journal.

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