The ___ of Avon

The answer

BARD

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

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1991. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for BARD

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

• Poet - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Shakespeare, for one - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
• Versifier - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Minstrel - used 18 times, most recently in 2017
• Poet of yore - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• The __ of Avon (Shakespeare) - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Poet of old - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Troubadour - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• ___ of Avon (Shakespeare) - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Shakespeare, e.g. - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Shakespeare, with "the" - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Exalted poet - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Medieval entertainer - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Minstrel poet - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Poet-singer - 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.

• Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
• In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
• On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
• From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
• Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
• Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times

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