The Congo, formerly
The crossword clue "The Congo, formerly" is answered by ZAIRE, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ZAIRE
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Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ZAIRE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ZAIRE, most used first.
- Congo, formerly - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Congo, once - used 12 times, most recently in 2014
- Rumble in the Jungle setting - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Congo's former name - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Congo's old name - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Belgian Congo, today - used 7 times, most recently in 1999
- African nation's former name - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Mobutu's land - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
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