Dame of the piano

The answer

HESS

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HESS answer page.

Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for HESS

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

• Pianist Myra - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
• Dame Myra - used 74 times, most recently in 2024
• Pianist Dame Myra - used 43 times, most recently in 2019
• Big name in oil - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
• Gas company with toy trucks - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Shell competitor - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• British pianist - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
• British pianist Myra - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
• Name on toy fuel trucks - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Piano-playing Dame - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
• Shell rival - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Dame Myra at the piano - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Gas company known for its toy trucks - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Company with toy trucks - used 6 times, most recently in 2021

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• On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
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• Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
• Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times

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