Star, briefly
The crossword clue "Star, briefly" is answered by CELEB, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CELEB
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CELEB answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for CELEB
Every other clue in this collection answered by CELEB, most used first.
- Star - used 62 times, most recently in 2025
- People person? - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- A-lister - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Paparazzi target - used 17 times, most recently in 2020
- Famous person, for short - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Hollywood VIP - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Star, for short - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Famous person, informally - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Fanzine focus - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Luminary - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Big star - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Star in Cygnus - DENEB, used 106 times
- Star in Orion - RIGEL, used 78 times
- "Superman" star - REEVE, used 60 times
- "Lou Grant" star - ASNER, used 50 times
- Tennis star Rafael - NADAL, used 48 times
- "Barnaby Jones" star - EBSEN, used 46 times
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