Dog star

The answer

ASTA

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

Used 48 times across 32 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 10 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.

• LASSIE (31 uses in xd)
• BENJI (13 uses in xd)
• SIRIUS (13 uses in xd)
• RINTINTIN (7 uses in xd)
• PADDLEBOARD (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ASTA

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

• "The Thin Man" dog - used 105 times, most recently in 2026
• Nick and Nora's dog - used 97 times, most recently in 2026
• Movie dog - used 92 times, most recently in 2015
• Hammett hound - used 86 times, most recently in 2021
• Nick and Nora's pooch - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Thin Man" pooch - used 56 times, most recently in 2025
• Hammett pooch - used 50 times, most recently in 2025
• Nick and Nora's pet - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Movie pooch - used 37 times, most recently in 2023
• Cinema canine - used 32 times, most recently in 2014
• Dog in "The Thin Man" - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Movie terrier - used 24 times, most recently in 2016

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.

• "Garfield" dog - ODIE, used 236 times
• "Star Wars" princess - LEIA, used 216 times
• "Beetle Bailey" dog - OTTO, used 213 times
• Dorothy's dog - TOTO, used 166 times
• "Peter Pan" dog - NANA, used 141 times
• Buster Brown's dog - TIGE, used 124 times

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