Composer heard at graduations

The answer

ELGAR

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

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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 - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• British composer Edward - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• 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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