Bright northern star
The crossword clue "Bright northern star" is answered by ALTAIR, a 6-letter entry. Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ALTAIR
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALTAIR answer page.
Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for ALTAIR
Every other clue in this collection answered by ALTAIR, most used first.
- Star in Aquila - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
- Brightest star in Aquila - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
- Bright star in Aquila - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
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