Pastoral verse
The crossword clue "Pastoral verse" is answered by IDYL, a 4-letter entry. Used 14 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1964. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
IDYL
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IDYL answer page.
Used 14 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1964. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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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
- Bucolic poem - used 10 times, most recently in 2012
- Pastoral composition (Var.) - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- Pastoral composition - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
- 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.
- Black, in verse - EBON, used 99 times
- Verse writer - POET, used 55 times
- Tributes in verse - ODES, used 44 times
- Pound of verse - EZRA, used 31 times
- Verse - POEM, used 27 times
- Heroic verse - EPOS, used 25 times
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