Octavia's husband

The answer

NERO

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

Used 19 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1979. It appears in 9 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.

• ANTONY (1 uses in xd)

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• Fictional sleuth Wolfe - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
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• 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
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• Caligula's nephew - used 17 times, most recently in 2013
• "Quo Vadis?" character - used 17 times, most recently in 2015
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• Fifth Roman emperor - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
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• "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
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• First-century emperor - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
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• 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
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• Rex Stout's Wolfe - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Seneca's student - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
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• Black: It. - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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• 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.

• Jezebel's husband - AHAB, used 65 times
• Frigg's husband - ODIN, used 50 times
• Husband of a countess - EARL, used 38 times
• Gudrun's husband - ATLI, used 37 times
• Husband or wife - MATE, used 36 times
• Husband: Fr. - MARI, used 34 times

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