Fictional captain
The crossword clue "Fictional captain" is answered by NEMO, a 4-letter entry. Used 27 times across 24 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1959. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
NEMO
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NEMO answer page.
Used 27 times across 24 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1959. It appears in 8 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.
- HOOK (3 uses in xd)
- QUEEG (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for NEMO
Every other clue in this collection answered by NEMO, most used first.
- Verne captain - used 101 times, most recently in 2025
- Nautilus captain - used 88 times, most recently in 2026
- Jules Verne captain - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Pixar clownfish - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Captain of the Nautilus - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Verne's captain - used 40 times, most recently in 2021
- "Finding ___" - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Nautilus skipper - used 33 times, most recently in 2016
- Verne character - used 28 times, most recently in 2017
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.
- "Moby-Dick" captain - AHAB, used 139 times
- Melville captain - AHAB, used 110 times
- Pequod captain - AHAB, used 69 times
- Fictional plantation - TARA, used 65 times
- Captain of the Pequod - AHAB, used 49 times
- Fictional Jane - EYRE, used 47 times
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