Explorer Sir Francis
The crossword clue "Explorer Sir Francis" is answered by DRAKE, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DRAKE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DRAKE answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for DRAKE
Every other clue in this collection answered by DRAKE, most used first.
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- Sir Francis - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
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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.
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- Sir or madam - TITLE, used 27 times
- Explorer Polo - MARCO, used 24 times
- Arctic explorer - PEARY, used 23 times
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