"Merry old" king
The crossword clue ""Merry old" king" is answered by COLE, a 4-letter entry. Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1974. 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
COLE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the COLE answer page.
Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for COLE
Every other clue in this collection answered by COLE, most used first.
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- Nat King __ - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ slaw - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Porter - used 20 times, most recently in 2001
- Singer Natalie - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
- "Old King __" - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Old king of rhyme - used 18 times, most recently in 2021
- "Unforgettable" singer - used 17 times, most recently in 2019
- Nursery-rhyme king - used 15 times, most recently in 2021
- King of rhyme - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Songwriter Porter - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Kenneth of fashion - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Porter of song - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Merry king - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
- "Old King __ was a merry..." - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Rapper J. ___ - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Singer Nat King ___ - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Songsmith Porter - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
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