Black ___
The crossword clue "Black ___" is answered by WIDOW, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
WIDOW
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WIDOW answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1957. 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 WIDOW
Every other clue in this collection answered by WIDOW, most used first.
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