Hans Christian Andersen, for one

The answer

DANE

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

Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for DANE

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

• Hamlet, for one - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
• Copenhagen native - used 72 times, most recently in 2026
• Hamlet, e.g. - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• "Great" dog - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• Great ___ - used 39 times, most recently in 2025
• Copenhagen resident - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Borge, for one - used 20 times, most recently in 2006
• Jutlander - used 19 times, most recently in 2010
• Copenhagen citizen - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
• Great ___ (big dog) - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• German's neighbor - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Hamlet - used 13 times, most recently in 2005
• Certain Scandinavian - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Copenhagener - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Person from Copenhagen - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Great ___ (dog breed) - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Hamlet or Ophelia - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
• Rosencrantz or Guildenstern - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Swede's neighbor - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Comedian Cook - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Krone spender - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Odense native - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Great __ (large dog) - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Hamlet, by nationality - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Bohr or Borge - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• Jutland native - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Native of Odense. - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
• Victor Borge, for one - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
• Kierkegaard, for one - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Native of Copenhagen - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Vitus Bering, for one - used 6 times, most recently in 2014

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.

• For fear that - LEST, used 503 times
• Change for a five - ONES, used 272 times
• "What's ___ for me?" - INIT, used 264 times
• One of the Great Lakes - ERIE, used 258 times
• Shrek, for one - OGRE, used 244 times
• Ready for business - OPEN, used 184 times

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