Pastoral composition

The answer

IDYL

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

Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2008; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

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• IDYLL (7 uses in xd)

Other clues for IDYL

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

• Pastoral poem - used 120 times, most recently in 2026
• Romantic interlude - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Pastoral verse - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
• Bucolic poem - used 10 times, most recently in 2012
• Pastoral composition (Var.) - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Country poem - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Pastoral piece - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Pastoral work - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Short, descriptive poem (Var.) - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Tranquil scene - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Musical composition - OPUS, used 55 times
• Composition - OPUS, used 33 times
• Numbered composition - OPUS, used 33 times
• Pastoral expanses - LEAS, used 16 times
• Major composition - OPUS, used 11 times
• Composition for two - DUET, used 10 times

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