The Dog Star
The crossword clue "The Dog Star" is answered by SIRIUS, a 6-letter entry. Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1990. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SIRIUS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SIRIUS answer page.
Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1990. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for SIRIUS
Every other clue in this collection answered by SIRIUS, most used first.
- Dog Star - used 13 times, most recently in 2019
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