Brightest star in Aquila
The crossword clue "Brightest star in Aquila" is answered by ALTAIR, a 6-letter entry. Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1990. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
ALTAIR
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Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1990. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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
- Bright northern star - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Bright star in Aquila - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
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