Glossy black
The crossword clue "Glossy black" is answered by RAVEN, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 1991; first recorded in 1966. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
RAVEN
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RAVEN answer page.
Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 1991; first recorded in 1966. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for RAVEN
Every other clue in this collection answered by RAVEN, most used first.
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- Talking bird of poetry - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
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.
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