Girl of song.

The answer

IRENE

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

Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 1990; first recorded in 1963. It appears in 1 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.

• LOLA (18 uses in xd)
• SAL (18 uses in xd)
• SUE (15 uses in xd)
• ADELINE (9 uses in xd)
• NITA (9 uses in xd)

Other clues for IRENE

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

• Peace goddess - used 116 times, most recently in 2026
• Goddess of peace - used 97 times, most recently in 2026
• Singer Cara - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
• Actress Dunne - used 73 times, most recently in 2026
• Dancer Castle - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
• Goodnight girl of song - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
• Goodnight girl - used 61 times, most recently in 2024
• Cara of "Fame" - used 44 times, most recently in 2025
• Cara or Castle - used 42 times, most recently in 2025
• Ryan of "The Beverly Hillbillies" - used 41 times, most recently in 2023
• "Fame" singer Cara - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Actress Papas - used 30 times, most recently in 2010
• One of the Horae - used 29 times, most recently in 2013
• Castle of dance - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
• "Goodnight, ___" - used 25 times, most recently in 2022
• Dunne of "I Remember Mama" - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• "Fame" star Cara - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Papas of "Zorba the Greek" - used 23 times, most recently in 2016
• Greek goddess of peace - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Greek peace goddess - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• 2011 hurricane - used 19 times, most recently in 2019
• "Good Night" girl - used 19 times, most recently in 2015
• Castle or Dunne - used 18 times, most recently in 2012
• Dancing Castle - used 18 times, most recently in 2014
• Tony winner Worth - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Papas of "Z" - used 17 times, most recently in 2022
• "Flashdance ... What a Feeling" singer Cara - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• One of the Forsytes. - used 15 times, most recently in 1996
• Cara of "Fame" fame - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Adler who outwitted Sherlock Holmes - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ Castle. - used 13 times, most recently in 2000
• "Flashdance" singer Cara - used 13 times, most recently in 2018
• Adler of Sherlock Holmes stories - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Castle of the ballroom - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
• Dunne or Castle - used 12 times, most recently in 2017
• Dunne or Ryan - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
• Greek princess. - used 12 times, most recently in 1964
• Worth of the theater - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Castle with many steps? - used 11 times, most recently in 2012
• Memorable 2011 hurricane - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
• Miss Dunne. - used 11 times, most recently in 1976
• Good-night girl of song - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
• Cara or Dunne - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Daughter of Zeus and Themis - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
• "Fame" actress Cara - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Galsworthy heroine - used 9 times, most recently in 2006
• Major 2011 hurricane - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• "Me, Myself & ___" - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• "Me, Myself & ___" (Jim Carrey film) - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Personification of peace - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• A Castle - used 8 times, most recently in 1990
• Byzantine empress - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
• Dunne or Papas - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• Hurricane of 2011 - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Miss Bordoni - used 8 times, most recently in 1976
• Papas of film - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• Actress Ryan - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Daughter of Zeus. - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Dunne - used 7 times, most recently in 1979
• "Granny" Ryan - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
• Marie Curie's daughter - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• "Me, Myself & ___" (2000 film) - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Ryan of "Pippin" - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Sherlock's adversary Adler - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• "The woman," to Sherlock - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Actress Rich - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Cara who sang "Flashdance...What a Feeling" - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Castle with a lot of steps? - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Nobelist Joliot-Curie - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Papas or Dunne - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Ryan or Dunne - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Vernon's dancing partner - used 6 times, most recently in 2009

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.

• Sacred song - PSALM, used 199 times
• Christmas song - CAROL, used 93 times
• Biblical song - PSALM, used 78 times
• Wonderland girl - ALICE, used 73 times
• Song of praise - PAEAN, used 70 times
• Sacred song - MOTET, used 61 times

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