First light
The crossword clue "First light" is answered by SUNUP, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2023. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SUNUP
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SUNUP answer page.
Used 12 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2023. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- BREAKOFDAY (2 uses in xd)
- CRACKOFDAWN (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for SUNUP
Every other clue in this collection answered by SUNUP, most used first.
- Dawn - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
- Daybreak - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Time of day. - used 10 times, most recently in 1974
- Break of day - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Crack of dawn - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
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