Handel contemporary

The answer

ARNE

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

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• BACH (8 uses in xd)

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
• Composer of "Rule, Britannia" - used 17 times, most recently in 2019
• 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
• '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.

• Agatha contemporary - ERLE, used 28 times
• Ford contemporary - OLDS, used 27 times
• Agatha's contemporary - ERLE, used 26 times
• Contemporary of Agatha - ERLE, used 23 times
• Dashiell contemporary - ERLE, used 18 times
• Dali contemporary - MIRO, used 17 times

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