Cerberus guards it

The answer

HADES

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

Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1960. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for HADES

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

• Underworld - used 22 times, most recently in 2022
• Mythical underworld - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Pluto's realm - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Greek god of the underworld - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Where the Styx flows - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Netherworld - used 13 times, most recently in 2014
• Hot spot - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Greek underworld - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Pluto, to Plato - used 9 times, most recently in 1997
• Devil's domain - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Pluto - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
• Nether world - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Styx locale - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• The Underworld - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• God of the underworld - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Mythological underworld - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• Underworld god - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

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.

• Therefore - HENCE, used 244 times
• Must - HASTO, used 200 times
• Vietnam's capital - HANOI, used 168 times
• Capital of Vietnam - HANOI, used 167 times
• Asian capital - HANOI, used 140 times
• Wore - HADON, used 134 times

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