Big ray

The answer

MANTA

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MANTA answer page.

Used 14 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 6 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.

• SEADEVIL (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for MANTA

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

• Devilfish - used 82 times, most recently in 2023
• Tropical ray - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Kind of ray - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Large ray - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ ray - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Horse blanket - used 14 times, most recently in 2011
• Devil ray - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Type of ray - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Powerful ray - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• Sea ray - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Ray of the tropics - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Skate's cousin - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Skate's kin - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Underwater ray - used 7 times, most recently in 2026

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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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• Big rigs - SEMIS, used 69 times
• Big dipper - LADLE, used 52 times
• Big name in printers - EPSON, used 49 times
• Big name in tractors - DEERE, used 49 times
• Big name in chips - INTEL, used 47 times

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