Sewing machine innovator Howe

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ELIAS

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Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ELIAS

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• Sewing machine inventor Howe - used 38 times, most recently in 2025
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• Howe the inventor - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
• Sewing machine pioneer Howe - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• 1981 literature Nobelist Canetti - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Biblical prophet - used 8 times, most recently in 2005
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• ___ Sports Bureau - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Author Canetti - used 6 times, most recently in 2015

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