Pre-euro currency

The answer

LIRA

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

Used 25 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 11 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.

• PESETA (5 uses in xd)
• LIRE (3 uses in xd)
• DRACHMA (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for LIRA

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

• Old Italian money - used 87 times, most recently in 2026
• Turkish currency - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
• Turkish money - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Old Italian coin - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Turkish coin - used 41 times, most recently in 2025
• Old Italian bread - used 39 times, most recently in 2023
• Former Italian money - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Italian coin - used 34 times, most recently in 2003
• Former Italian coin - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Old Italian currency - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• 100 centesimi - used 22 times, most recently in 2021

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.

• Continental currency - EURO, used 160 times
• Pre-owned - USED, used 145 times
• Pre-Easter period - LENT, used 80 times
• Thai currency - BAHT, used 74 times
• Cambodian currency - RIEL, used 68 times
• Iranian currency - RIAL, used 68 times

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