Variable star

The answer

NOVA

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

Used 28 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1965. 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.

• MIRA (5 uses in xd)
• ALGOL (1 uses in xd)

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• Halifax, __ Scotia - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Smoked salmon - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
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• Bossa ___ - used 21 times, most recently in 2026

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