The British ___
The crossword clue "The British ___" is answered by ISLES, a 5-letter entry. Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ISLES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ISLES answer page.
Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ISLES
Every other clue in this collection answered by ISLES, most used first.
- British ___ - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
- Cruise stopovers - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Archipelago makeup - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Man and Wight - used 23 times, most recently in 2015
- Archipelago parts - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Keys - used 17 times, most recently in 2022
- Resort spots - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Key chain? - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Capri and Wight - used 11 times, most recently in 2012
- Cruise stops - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Florida Keys, e.g. - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Archipelago components - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Spots of land in the ocean - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Wight and Man - used 8 times, most recently in 2005
- Archipelago units - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Caribbean cruise stops - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Man and Capri - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Small land masses - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Capri and Man - used 6 times, most recently in 2004
- Man and others - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Maui and Kauai - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Spots in the sea - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Spots of land in the sea - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Tropical getaways - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Vacation spots - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
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