King ___

The answer

LEAR

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

Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1953. 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

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

• ALA (95 uses in xd)
• KONG (29 uses in xd)
• TUT (19 uses in xd)
• ERL (15 uses in xd)
• SIRE (8 uses in xd)

Other clues for LEAR

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

• Shakespearean king - used 216 times, most recently in 2026
• Cordelia's father - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
• Regan's father - used 56 times, most recently in 2024
• Tragic king - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• Goneril's father - used 45 times, most recently in 2024
• King of tragedy - used 34 times, most recently in 2022
• Limerick man. - used 22 times, most recently in 2013
• TV producer Norman - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• "All in the Family" producer Norman - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Cordelia's dad - used 20 times, most recently in 2021
• Shakespearean king with three daughters - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• King with three daughters - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Shakespearean monarch - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Mad king of theater - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Regan's dad - used 15 times, most recently in 2010
• Jet type - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• King of drama. - used 13 times, most recently in 2008
• Jet set jet - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Private-jet maker - used 10 times, most recently in 2012
• "All in the Family" producer - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• Kind of jet - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• "Sanford and Son" producer Norman - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Shakespeare's "King ___" - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Shakespearean character - used 9 times, most recently in 2007
• Jet giant - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• King of the stage - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Shakespearean role. - used 8 times, most recently in 1970
• Big name in jets - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• King of Shakespeare - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Sitcom producer Norman - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• "The Owl and the Pussycat" poet - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Type of jet - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Big name in private jets - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Father of Goneril, Regan and Cordelia - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Goneril's dad - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Jet-setter's jet - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• Mad king of literature - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• "Maude" producer Norman - used 6 times, most recently in 2019

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.

• "The King ___" - ANDI, used 150 times
• "The Lion King" villain - SCAR, used 120 times
• "The King and I" setting - SIAM, used 83 times
• "The Lion King" lioness - NALA, used 76 times
• First king of Israel - SAUL, used 69 times
• Norwegian king - OLAF, used 69 times

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