The Ugly Duckling, eventually
The crossword clue "The Ugly Duckling, eventually" is answered by SWAN, a 4-letter entry. Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025. 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
SWAN
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SWAN answer page.
Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SWAN
Every other clue in this collection answered by SWAN, most used first.
- Graceful bird - used 100 times, most recently in 2026
- Graceful swimmer - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- Waterbird - used 27 times, most recently in 2023
- Symbol of grace - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Graceful long-necked bird - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Ugly duckling, eventually - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Kind of song - used 20 times, most recently in 2020
- Graceful waterbird - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- "___ Lake" - used 16 times, most recently in 2022
- Kind of dive - used 15 times, most recently in 2019
- Water bird. - used 15 times, most recently in 2017
- Cob or pen - used 14 times, most recently in 2006
- Tchaikovsky's "___ Lake" - used 12 times, most recently in 2012
- Cygnet - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Long-necked bird - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Trumpeting bird - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Type of dive - used 11 times, most recently in 2011
- Cygnet's parent - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Exemplar of grace - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
- Ballet bird - used 9 times, most recently in 2009
- Trumpeter, for one - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Adult cygnet - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Graceful water bird - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Origami bird - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- ___ song - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Trumpeter. - used 7 times, most recently in 1985
- Ugly Duckling, in time - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Certain trumpeter - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Long-necked swimmer - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Stately bird - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Word with dive or song - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
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.
- Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
- In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
- On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
- From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
- Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
- Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times
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