One of the Astaires

The answer

ADELE

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

Used 24 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1959. It appears in 9 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
• Simpson of fashion - used 22 times, most recently in 2019

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