Confucian ideal
The crossword clue "Confucian ideal" is answered by TAO, a 3-letter entry. Used 29 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
TAO
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TAO answer page.
Used 29 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Every other clue in this collection answered by TAO, most used first.
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