Nigerian-born pop singer

The answer

SADE

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

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1992. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SADE

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

• "Smooth Operator" singer - used 192 times, most recently in 2026
• Marquis de ___ - used 137 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Sweetest Taboo" singer - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
• "No Ordinary Love" singer - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Infamous marquis - used 13 times, most recently in 2007
• "Maureen" singer - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• One-named Nigerian singer - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
• "Smooth Operator" chanteuse - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Pop singer from Nigeria - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• "Sweetest Taboo" singer - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• 1986 Best New Artist Grammy winner - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Nigerian-born pop star - used 7 times, most recently in 2005
• Nigerian-born singer - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Notorious marquis - used 7 times, most recently in 2000
• "Soldier of Love" singer - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• The Marquis de __ - used 6 times, most recently in 2007

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• "Born Free" lioness - ELSA, used 212 times
• Pop - SODA, used 201 times

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