Fred's dancing sister

The answer

ADELE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ADELE answer page.

Used 48 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

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• ADELEASTAIRE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ADELE

Every other clue in this collection answered by ADELE, most used first.

• "Skyfall" singer - used 119 times, most recently in 2026
• "Hello" singer - used 98 times, most recently in 2026
• "Rolling in the Deep" singer - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
• Designer Simpson - used 61 times, most recently in 2012
• An Astaire - used 60 times, most recently in 2010
• Fred Astaire's sister - used 58 times, most recently in 2010
• Fred's sister - used 45 times, most recently in 2006
• "Someone Like You" singer - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• "Set Fire to the Rain" singer - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• One of the Astaires - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
• Simpson of fashion - used 22 times, most recently in 2019

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.

• Sister of Clio - ERATO, used 54 times
• Malia's sister - SASHA, used 49 times
• Nephew's sister - NIECE, used 42 times
• Sister of Calliope - ERATO, used 36 times
• Clio's sister - ERATO, used 35 times
• Donny's sister - MARIE, used 29 times

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