Literary comparison
The crossword clue "Literary comparison" is answered by SIMILE, a 6-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SIMILE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SIMILE answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SIMILE
Every other clue in this collection answered by SIMILE, most used first.
- Figure of speech - used 10 times, most recently in 2007
- "Hard as nails," for one - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Literary spoof - SATIRE, used 20 times
- Literary alter ego - MRHYDE, used 10 times
- Literary castaway - CRUSOE, used 10 times
- Literary family name - BRONTE, used 9 times
- Literary postscript - EPILOG, used 8 times
- Literary coda - EPILOG, used 7 times
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