Soccer star Messi
The crossword clue "Soccer star Messi" is answered by LIONEL, a 6-letter entry. Used 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2013. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LIONEL
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LIONEL answer page.
Used 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2013. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Every other clue in this collection answered by LIONEL, most used first.
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