Shield of Zeus

The answer

AEGIS

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

Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2010; first recorded in 1980. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

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• EGIS (2 uses in xd)

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
• Athena's shield - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• 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
• Breastplate of Zeus or Athena - used 6 times, most recently in 2014

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.

• Nine daughters of Zeus - MUSES, used 10 times
• Daughter of Zeus and Themis - IRENE, used 9 times
• "The Shield of Achilles" poet - AUDEN, used 9 times
• First wife of Zeus. - METIS, used 8 times
• Daughter of Zeus. - IRENE, used 7 times
• Police officer's shield - BADGE, used 6 times

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