First name in swing
The crossword clue "First name in swing" is answered by ARTIE, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
ARTIE
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Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ARTIE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ARTIE, most used first.
- 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
- Band leader Shaw - used 11 times, most recently in 2012
- 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
- "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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