Where Hercules fought a lion
The crossword clue "Where Hercules fought a lion" is answered by NEMEA, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
NEMEA
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Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for NEMEA
Every other clue in this collection answered by NEMEA, most used first.
- Site of Hercules' first labor - used 16 times, most recently in 2022
- Where Hercules slew the lion - used 16 times, most recently in 2018
- Where Hercules slew a lion - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
- Mythical lion's home - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Site of ancient Greek games - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Home of a lion killed by Hercules - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Site of ancient games - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Home of a mythical lion - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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