Animal with a mane

The answer

LION

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

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1998. 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.

• GNU (3 uses in xd)

Other clues for LION

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

• Celebrity - used 61 times, most recently in 2017
• King of the jungle - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• Pride member - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• King of beasts - used 22 times, most recently in 2016
• Sphinx, in part - used 20 times, most recently in 2022
• Jungle beast - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
• MGM mascot - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Roaring beast - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Safari sight - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Big cat - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• MGM symbol - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Simba. - used 13 times, most recently in 1995
• Simba, for one - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Friend of Androcles - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
• Animal in a pride - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• He has his pride - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Jungle king - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
• Serengeti cat - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Jungle roarer - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Literary ___ - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Oz visitor - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Serengeti stalker - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Zodiac animal - used 9 times, most recently in 2007
• Zodiac beast - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• Part of a griffin - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Safari sighting - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Symbol of courage - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Symbol of Great Britain - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• "The ___ in Winter" - used 8 times, most recently in 2004
• Bert Lahr role - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• Emblem of Great Britain - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
• Jungle monarch - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
• Narnia's Aslan, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Roaring feline - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Columbia athlete - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Den denizen - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Friend of Dorothy - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Griffin, in part - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Half of a griffin - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Literary celebrity - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Sphinx, mostly - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "The ___, the Witch and the Wardrobe" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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.

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• Done with - OVER, used 145 times
• With: Fr. - AVEC, used 132 times
• With skill - ABLY, used 127 times
• Mix with a spoon - STIR, used 117 times

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