Cathedral area
The crossword clue "Cathedral area" is answered by APSE, a 4-letter entry. Used 50 times across 23 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1988. It appears in 15 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
APSE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the APSE answer page.
Used 50 times across 23 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1988. It appears in 15 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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Other clues for APSE
Every other clue in this collection answered by APSE, most used first.
- Church recess - used 253 times, most recently in 2026
- Church area - used 216 times, most recently in 2026
- Church section - used 206 times, most recently in 2026
- Church part - used 101 times, most recently in 2026
- Cathedral recess - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
- Basilica section - used 44 times, most recently in 2024
- Basilica part - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Church nook - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Vaulted recess - used 40 times, most recently in 2022
- Part of a church - used 36 times, most recently in 2015
- Basilica area - used 35 times, most recently in 2024
- Semicircular recess - used 35 times, most recently in 2024
- Abbey area - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
- Church niche - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Cathedral section - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Church alcove - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Church projection - used 28 times, most recently in 2015
- Church feature - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Chevet - used 25 times, most recently in 2012
- Altar area - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Basilica feature - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Vaulted area - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Cathedral feature - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Campus area - QUAD, used 93 times
- Church area - NAVE, used 83 times
- Low-lying area - VALE, used 54 times
- Airport area - GATE, used 45 times
- Cathedral area - NAVE, used 39 times
- Play area - YARD, used 37 times
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