Prehistoric ax

The answer

CELT

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

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2001; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for CELT

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

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• Ancient Brit - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Druid, e.g. - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Gael, for one - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Gael - used 12 times, most recently in 2006
• Hibernian - used 11 times, most recently in 1991
• Boston NBAer - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Early Briton - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Boston cager, for short - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Boston hoopster, for short - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Breton. - used 9 times, most recently in 1998
• Druid, for one - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Gael or Breton - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Boston cager, briefly - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Breton, e.g. - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Irishman, e.g. - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Highlander - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Gaelic speaker - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Irish or Welsh ancestor - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Prehistoric tool - used 6 times, most recently in 2006

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