Caligula's nephew

The answer

NERO

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

Used 17 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2013. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for NERO

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

• Pianist Peter - used 165 times, most recently in 2026
• Infamous Roman emperor - used 105 times, most recently in 2026
• Infamous emperor - used 93 times, most recently in 2026
• Sleuth Wolfe - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
• Roman emperor - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
• Fiddling emperor - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Detective Wolfe - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• "I, Claudius" role - used 39 times, most recently in 2024
• Emperor after Claudius - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Fictional sleuth Wolfe - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Notorious Roman emperor - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Infamous fiddler - used 33 times, most recently in 2022
• Roman fiddler - used 32 times, most recently in 2021
• Roman tyrant - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• "Quo Vadis" emperor - used 30 times, most recently in 2020
• Agrippina's son - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
• Adopted son of Claudius - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• "Quo Vadis" role - used 24 times, most recently in 2020
• Rex's sleuth - used 24 times, most recently in 2012
• Famous fiddler - used 23 times, most recently in 2011
• Nephew of Caligula - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Detective Wolfe of crime fiction - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Notorious emperor - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Fictional Wolfe - used 21 times, most recently in 2023
• Rex's detective - used 21 times, most recently in 2014
• Student of Seneca - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Octavia's husband - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Emperor during the Great Fire of Rome - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Roman despot - used 18 times, most recently in 2020
• Stout's Wolfe - used 18 times, most recently in 2012
• Successor of Claudius - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
• "Quo Vadis?" character - used 17 times, most recently in 2015
• Claudius' successor - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
• Claudius I's successor - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
• Claudius successor - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Fifth Roman emperor - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Infamous Roman - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Fiddling Roman - used 14 times, most recently in 2012
• "Fiddling" Roman emperor - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Galba's predecessor - used 14 times, most recently in 2019
• Notorious fiddler - used 14 times, most recently in 2013
• Wolfe of whodunits - used 14 times, most recently in 2019
• Famed fiddler - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Fictional detective Wolfe - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Opera by Handel - used 13 times, most recently in 1992
• Son of Agrippina - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Wolfe of fiction - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Wolfe the sleuth - used 13 times, most recently in 2018
• Claudius's successor - used 12 times, most recently in 2017
• First-century emperor - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Great-great-grandson of Augustus - used 11 times, most recently in 2013
• Wolfe - used 11 times, most recently in 1983
• Emperor - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Emperor tutored by Seneca - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Character in "Quo Vadis." - used 9 times, most recently in 1993
• Octavia's spouse - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Roman emperor after Claudius - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Successor to Claudius - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Wolfe of detective fiction - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Wolfe on the trail - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Cruel emperor - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Emperor before Galba - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• First-century despot - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Handel opera - used 8 times, most recently in 2003
• Infamous lyre player - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Rex Stout's Wolfe - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Seneca's student - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Stepson of Claudius - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• Stout sleuth - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
• Claudius I's adopted son - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Cruel Roman emperor - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Emperor after Claudius I - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Emperor said to have fiddled while Rome burned - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Fiddle-playing emperor - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Husband of Octavia - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Pianist or fiddler - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Successor to Claudius I - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Tyrant. - used 7 times, most recently in 1966
• Whodunit hero Wolfe - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
• Black: It. - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Emperor in "Quo Vadis?" - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Fiddler of legend - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Fiddling Roman tyrant - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Fiddling tyrant - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Fiery fiddler - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• He fiddled while Rome burned - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Infamous Roman ruler - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Literary detective Wolfe - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Rex Stout's stout sleuth Wolfe - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Nephew of Cain - ENOS, used 39 times
• Cain's nephew - ENOS, used 18 times
• Nephew of Abel - ENOS, used 17 times
• Bee's nephew - ANDY, used 12 times
• Donald Duck's nephew - HUEY, used 11 times
• Abel's nephew - ENOS, used 9 times

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