Like the Milky Way
The crossword clue "Like the Milky Way" is answered by STARRY, a 6-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
STARRY
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STARRY answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for STARRY
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- Like a clear night sky - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
- Like a cloudless night - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Like van Gogh's night - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
- Van Gogh's "The ___ Night" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Like the night sky - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
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- In the thick of - AMIDST, used 91 times
- Takes the wheel - STEERS, used 75 times
- On the beach - ASHORE, used 74 times
- On the go - ACTIVE, used 73 times
- Capital of the Bahamas - NASSAU, used 64 times
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