Dancing Astaire

The answer

ADELE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ADELE answer page.

Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2008; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ADELE

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

• "Skyfall" singer - used 119 times, most recently in 2026
• "Hello" singer - used 98 times, most recently in 2026
• "Rolling in the Deep" singer - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
• Designer Simpson - used 61 times, most recently in 2012
• An Astaire - used 60 times, most recently in 2010
• Fred Astaire's sister - used 58 times, most recently in 2010
• Fred's dancing sister - used 48 times, most recently in 2016
• Fred's sister - used 45 times, most recently in 2006
• "Someone Like You" singer - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• "Set Fire to the Rain" singer - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• One of the Astaires - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
• Simpson of fashion - used 22 times, most recently in 2019
• "Die Fledermaus" maid - used 19 times, most recently in 2011
• "Rumour Has It" singer - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Girl's name. - used 17 times, most recently in 1973
• "The Story of ___ H" - used 15 times, most recently in 2010
• British singer of "Skyfall" - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• "Chasing Pavements" singer - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Fred's dancing partner - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Jane Eyre's pupil - used 14 times, most recently in 2011
• Astaire - used 13 times, most recently in 1976
• Dancer Astaire - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
• "When We Were Young" singer - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Astaire's sister - used 12 times, most recently in 2007
• Oscar-winning "Skyfall" singer - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• British singing star - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• One-named "Hello" singer - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Fashion designer Simpson - used 9 times, most recently in 2002
• Fred's first partner - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
• Maid in "Die Fledermaus" - used 9 times, most recently in 2009
• "21" singer - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)" singer - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• British pop singer - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Dancer Fred's sister - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• "Die Fledermaus" coloratura - used 7 times, most recently in 2005
• Jane Eyre's charge - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Role in "Die Fledermaus." - used 7 times, most recently in 1967
• 2009 Grammy winner for Best New Artist - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• "25" singer - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• British pop star - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Fred Astaire's dancing sister - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• "Hello" Grammy winner - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Singer with the albums "19," "21" and "25" - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• "The Story of ___ H" (1975 movie) - used 6 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.

• Dancing Castle - IRENE, used 18 times
• Egyptian dancing girls - ALMES, used 8 times
• "The Dancing Class" painter Edgar - DEGAS, used 8 times
• Astaire and Rogers - FREDS, used 7 times
• "Dancing With the Stars" judge Carrie Ann - INABA, used 6 times
• "Dirty Dancing" director Ardolino - EMILE, used 6 times

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