Athena's shield
The crossword clue "Athena's shield" is answered by AEGIS, a 5-letter entry. Used 17 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1965. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
AEGIS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AEGIS answer page.
Used 17 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1965. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for AEGIS
Every other clue in this collection answered by AEGIS, most used first.
- Sponsorship - used 110 times, most recently in 2026
- Protection - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
- Auspices - used 53 times, most recently in 2025
- Patronage - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Shield - used 14 times, most recently in 2002
- Backing - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- Mythical breastplate - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Shield of classical mythology - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Shield of Zeus - used 8 times, most recently in 2010
- Breastplate of Zeus or Athena - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
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