Sir Francis
The crossword clue "Sir Francis" is answered by DRAKE, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1967. 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
DRAKE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DRAKE answer page.
Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1967. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for DRAKE
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