"Glee" character played by Kevin McHale

The answer

ARTIE

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

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 4 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
• First name in swing - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Shaw with a clarinet - used 6 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.

• Played a role - ACTED, used 65 times
• Played a part - ACTED, used 56 times
• Group character - ETHOS, used 53 times
• Played (with) - TOYED, used 46 times
• "Sesame Street" character - ERNIE, used 38 times
• Played again - RERAN, used 31 times

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