Old woman
The crossword clue "Old woman" is answered by CRONE, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2002; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CRONE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CRONE answer page.
Used 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2002; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 4 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.
- GRANDAME (3 uses in xd)
- BELDAM (1 uses in xd)
- SHOEDWELLER (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for CRONE
Every other clue in this collection answered by CRONE, most used first.
- Hag - used 92 times, most recently in 2025
- Witch - used 42 times, most recently in 2025
- Witchy woman - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
- Old hag - used 27 times, most recently in 2023
- Beldam - used 22 times, most recently in 2017
- Old witch - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Beldame - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
- Grimalkin - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Witchlike woman - used 8 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.
- Old anesthetic - ETHER, used 156 times
- Old-womanish - ANILE, used 155 times
- Old saying - ADAGE, used 127 times
- Old hat - PASSE, used 100 times
- Old enough - OFAGE, used 97 times
- "Old MacDonald" refrain - EIEIO, used 97 times
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