Guiding light
The crossword clue "Guiding light" is answered by POLARIS, a 7-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
POLARIS
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the POLARIS answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for POLARIS
Every other clue in this collection answered by POLARIS, most used first.
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- North Star - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Sailor's star - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Star in Ursa Minor - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
- Ursa Minor star - 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.
- Bring to light - UNEARTH, used 14 times
- Ray of light - SUNBEAM, used 13 times
- Camper's light - LANTERN, used 9 times
- Light lager - PILSNER, used 9 times
- First light - SUNRISE, used 7 times
- Comes to light - EMERGES, used 6 times
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