Year-end air

The answer

NOEL

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

Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 7 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.

• CAROL (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for NOEL

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

• Christmas carol - used 134 times, most recently in 2026
• Christmas song - used 91 times, most recently in 2026
• Carol - used 82 times, most recently in 2025
• Yuletide tune - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
• Yuletide - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
• Coward - used 59 times, most recently in 2009
• Seasonal song - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Playwright Coward - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Christmas - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• December song - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• December air - used 32 times, most recently in 2024
• Winter air - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Christmas season - used 28 times, most recently in 2024
• Holiday song - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
• Yuletide song - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Coward of note - used 21 times, most recently in 2023
• Present time - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• "The First ___" - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
• Holiday tune - used 18 times, most recently in 2019
• Coward of the stage - used 17 times, most recently in 2016
• Mr. Coward - used 15 times, most recently in 2015
• Christmas tune - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• "The First ___" (Christmas carol) - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Yule tune - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Yule song - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• "Joyeux ___" - used 12 times, most recently in 2017
• "The First ___" (Christmas song) - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• "Away in a Manger," for one - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
• Coward of the theater - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Holiday season - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Year-end tune - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Dramatist Coward - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
• French for "Christmas" - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Holiday time - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Seasonal air - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Theatrical Coward - used 9 times, most recently in 2006
• Carolers' offering - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Christmas in France. - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Christmas refrain - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• "Private Lives" playwright Coward - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Season to be jolly - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Seasonal tune - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• "The Great British Bake Off" co-presenter Fielding - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Carol word - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
• Caroling song - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Caroling tune - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Christmas air - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Coward of England - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• December ditty - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• One of Byron's names. - used 7 times, most recently in 1992
• Year-end season - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Yuletide refrain - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• A Coward - used 6 times, most recently in 2003
• "Blithe Spirit" author Coward - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Caroler's offering - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Caroler's tune - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• December tune - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Gallagher of Oasis - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Holiday number - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• "Shameless" actor Fisher - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "Silent Night," e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• "Silent Night," for one - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Time for eggnog - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Wassailer's song - used 6 times, most recently in 2013

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.

• Air pollution - SMOG, used 130 times
• Hammer end - PEEN, used 79 times
• Air freshener target - ODOR, used 76 times
• Distinctive air - AURA, used 68 times
• Bear in the air - URSA, used 64 times
• Air - TUNE, used 61 times

Search the clue collection

Search by clue words or by answer, or type a pattern with the letters you have and a blank for each square you do not know. The characters _ ? . and - all work as blanks.