Composer of "Rule, Britannia"

The answer

ARNE

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ARNE answer page.

Used 17 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ARNE

Every other clue in this collection answered by ARNE, most used first.

• "Rule, Britannia" composer - used 282 times, most recently in 2025
• English composer - used 119 times, most recently in 2010
• "Judith" composer - used 63 times, most recently in 2012
• "Alfred" composer - used 55 times, most recently in 2025
• British composer - used 53 times, most recently in 2010
• "Comus" composer - used 38 times, most recently in 2007
• "Rule, Britannia" composer Thomas - used 37 times, most recently in 2025
• Composer Thomas - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Norse name. - used 18 times, most recently in 1968
• English composer Thomas - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• "Artaxerxes" composer - used 16 times, most recently in 2011
• "March of the British Grenadiers" composer - used 16 times, most recently in 2007
• "Comus" composer Thomas - used 14 times, most recently in 2015
• Obama education secretary Duncan - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Duncan of the Obama cabinet - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Education Secretary Duncan - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
• British composer Thomas - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• Secretary of Education Duncan - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
• "Rosamond" composer - used 9 times, most recently in 2003
• Former education secretary Duncan - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• "Tom Thumb" composer - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• Handel contemporary - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• 'Rule Britannia' composer - used 6 times, most recently in 2004
• Danish architect Jacobsen - used 6 times, most recently in 2022

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.

• Composer Stravinsky - IGOR, used 401 times
• Golden Rule word - UNTO, used 299 times
• Composer Satie - ERIK, used 254 times
• Golden Rule preposition - UNTO, used 188 times
• Composer Khachaturian - ARAM, used 181 times
• Composer Schifrin - LALO, used 130 times

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