Defender of Troy
The crossword clue "Defender of Troy" is answered by AENEAS, a 6-letter entry. Used 15 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
AENEAS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AENEAS answer page.
Used 15 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for AENEAS
Every other clue in this collection answered by AENEAS, most used first.
- Trojan War hero - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Trojan hero - used 33 times, most recently in 2020
- Virgil hero - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
- Dido's lover - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Virgil's hero - used 11 times, most recently in 2009
- Dido's love - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Virgilian hero - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Hero of a Virgil epic - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Son of Aphrodite - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Trojan War survivor - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
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.
- Peter of "Troy" - OTOOLE, used 9 times
- Quarterback Troy - AIKMAN, used 7 times
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