"The quality of mercy is not strained" speaker
The crossword clue ""The quality of mercy is not strained" speaker" is answered by PORTIA, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
PORTIA
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PORTIA answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for PORTIA
Every other clue in this collection answered by PORTIA, most used first.
- "The Merchant of Venice" heroine - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- "Merchant of Venice" heroine - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Shakespearean heiress - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Shakespearean heroine - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
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