Like some Greek columns

The answer

IONIC

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

Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• DORIC (5 uses in xd)

Other clues for IONIC

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

• Column style - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Greek column style - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Column type - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Greek column type - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Architectural order - used 20 times, most recently in 2011
• Kind of column - used 18 times, most recently in 2019
• Like some columns - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
• Type of column - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
• Like some chemical bonds - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Architectural style - used 10 times, most recently in 2003
• Ancient Greek dialect - used 9 times, most recently in 2010
• Greek architectural style - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Alternative to Corinthian - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Charged, in a way - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Like some bonds - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Type of chemical bond - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Classical column style - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Charged - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Kind of bond in chemistry - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Kind of bond or column - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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• Greek marketplace - AGORA, used 130 times
• First Greek letter - ALPHA, used 108 times
• Greek letter - THETA, used 103 times
• Like some seals - EARED, used 89 times
• "As You Like It" forest - ARDEN, used 79 times

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