Agatha's contemporary
The crossword clue "Agatha's contemporary" is answered by ERLE, a 4-letter entry. Used 26 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2008; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ERLE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ERLE answer page.
Used 26 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2008; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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