Africa's most populous city
The crossword clue "Africa's most populous city" is answered by CAIRO, a 5-letter entry. Used 10 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
CAIRO
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Used 10 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Every other clue in this collection answered by CAIRO, most used first.
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- Egypt's largest city - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Largest city in Africa - used 10 times, most recently in 2012
- Nile capital - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- City near Giza - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Illinois city - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Mubarak's capital - used 8 times, most recently in 2010
- North African capital - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Tahrir Square city - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- "The City of a Thousand Minarets" - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Arab League headquarters - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- "Aida" premiere city - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Capital near Alexandria - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
- Egyptian city - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Site of the Arab League headquarters - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
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