Muse of lyric poetry
The crossword clue "Muse of lyric poetry" is answered by ERATO, a 5-letter entry. Used 77 times across 40 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1942. It appears in 23 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
ERATO
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ERATO answer page.
Used 77 times across 40 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1942. It appears in 23 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.
- EUTERPE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ERATO
Every other clue in this collection answered by ERATO, most used first.
- Muse of poetry - used 178 times, most recently in 2026
- Poetry Muse - used 94 times, most recently in 2024
- Poet's Muse - used 86 times, most recently in 2026
- Muse of love poetry - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
- Poetic Muse - used 73 times, most recently in 2025
- One of the Muses - used 55 times, most recently in 2025
- Sister of Clio - used 54 times, most recently in 2018
- A Muse - used 52 times, most recently in 2024
- Muse with a lyre - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
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