He flew too close to the sun
The crossword clue "He flew too close to the sun" is answered by ICARUS, a 6-letter entry. Used 15 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2014. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
ICARUS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ICARUS answer page.
Used 15 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2014. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ICARUS
Every other clue in this collection answered by ICARUS, most used first.
- Son of Daedalus - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Doomed flier - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Ill-fated flier - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Mythical flyer - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Wax-winged flier of myth - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Youth who flew too near the sun - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
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.
- In the thick of - AMIDST, used 91 times
- Takes the wheel - STEERS, used 75 times
- On the beach - ASHORE, used 74 times
- On the go - ACTIVE, used 73 times
- Capital of the Bahamas - NASSAU, used 64 times
- City on the Rio Grande - LAREDO, used 64 times
Search the clue collection
Search by clue words or by answer, or type a pattern with the letters you have and a blank for each square you do not know. The characters _ ? . and - all work as blanks.