Mediterranean island
The crossword clue "Mediterranean island" is answered by CRETE, a 5-letter entry. Used 20 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1924. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CRETE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CRETE answer page.
Used 20 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1924. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- SICILY (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for CRETE
Every other clue in this collection answered by CRETE, most used first.
- Largest Greek island - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
- Minotaur's home - used 53 times, most recently in 2024
- Greek island - used 47 times, most recently in 2021
- El Greco's birthplace - used 31 times, most recently in 2022
- Minotaur's island - used 20 times, most recently in 2022
- El Greco's homeland - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
- Where Minos ruled - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Largest of the Greek islands - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- "Zorba the Greek" setting - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Candia. - used 9 times, most recently in 1991
- Home of the Minotaur - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- Largest Greek isle - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Where Canea is. - used 9 times, most recently in 2003
- Where Candia is. - used 8 times, most recently in 1968
- Canea's island - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Center of the Minoan civilization - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Minos' kingdom - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Minotaur's land - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- Greece's largest island - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Greek island in the Mediterranean - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Greek isle - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
- Large Greek island - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Minoan's island - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
Related clues
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- Island greeting - ALOHA, used 98 times
- ___ Island - RHODE, used 89 times
- Hawaiian island - LANAI, used 78 times
- Island off Venezuela - ARUBA, used 70 times
- Island south of Sicily - MALTA, used 65 times
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