The Balance
The crossword clue "The Balance" is answered by LIBRA, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1979. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LIBRA
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LIBRA answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1979. 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.
- HANGIN (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for LIBRA
Every other clue in this collection answered by LIBRA, most used first.
- Zodiac sign - used 38 times, most recently in 2021
- Sign after Virgo - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Fall sign - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Sign of fall - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Fall zodiac sign - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Seventh sign - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- First sign of fall - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Only inanimate zodiac sign - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Sign of balance? - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Scales sign - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Scales up? - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Sign with scales - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Scales in the sky - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Seventh sign of the zodiac - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Sign before Scorpio - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- The Scales - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Zodiac sign of the scales - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Heavenly scales - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Sign of autumn - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- The Scales of the zodiac - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Zodiac scales - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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- Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
- Cream of the crop - ELITE, used 175 times
- In the lead - AHEAD, used 166 times
- Of the kidneys - RENAL, used 166 times
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