Band leader Shaw

The answer

ARTIE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ARTIE answer page.

Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ARTIE

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• Bandleader Shaw - used 217 times, most recently in 2026
• Clarinetist Shaw - used 74 times, most recently in 2026
• Shaw - used 21 times, most recently in 1977
• "The Sopranos" restaurateur - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Shaw of swing - used 17 times, most recently in 2019
• Musical Shaw - used 12 times, most recently in 2018
• Jazz clarinetist Shaw - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Musician Shaw - used 9 times, most recently in 2006
• "The Sopranos" chef Bucco - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Ade book: 1896 - used 8 times, most recently in 1988
• "Glee" guitarist - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Man's nickname. - used 8 times, most recently in 1970
• One of the Shaws. - used 8 times, most recently in 1978
• A Shaw - used 7 times, most recently in 1999
• First name in swing - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• "Glee" character played by Kevin McHale - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Shaw with a clarinet - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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