British composer

The answer

ELGAR

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ELGAR answer page.

Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 5 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.

• ARNE (53 uses in xd)
• EDWARDELGAR (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ELGAR

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

• "Pomp and Circumstance" composer - used 99 times, most recently in 2026
• "Enigma Variations" composer - used 61 times, most recently in 2025
• English composer. - used 23 times, most recently in 2002
• "King Olaf" composer - used 17 times, most recently in 2011
• "The Dream of Gerontius" composer - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Composer Edward - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• British composer Edward - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Composer heard at graduations - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Composer of "Pomp and Circumstance." - used 6 times, most recently in 2003

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.

• Composer Copland - AARON, used 120 times
• "The Merry Widow" composer - LEHAR, used 112 times
• "Bolero" composer - RAVEL, used 105 times
• Composer Bruckner - ANTON, used 103 times
• Composer Erik - SATIE, used 77 times
• "The Planets" composer - HOLST, used 71 times

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