Roman emperor
The crossword clue "Roman emperor" is answered by NERO, a 4-letter entry. Used 60 times across 31 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1924. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
NERO
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NERO answer page.
Used 60 times across 31 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1924. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- TRAJAN (5 uses in xd)
- GALBA (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for NERO
Every other clue in this collection answered by NERO, most used first.
- Pianist Peter - used 165 times, most recently in 2026
- Infamous Roman emperor - used 105 times, most recently in 2026
- Infamous emperor - used 93 times, most recently in 2026
- Sleuth Wolfe - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
- Fiddling emperor - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Detective Wolfe - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- "I, Claudius" role - used 39 times, most recently in 2024
- Emperor after Claudius - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Fictional sleuth Wolfe - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Notorious Roman emperor - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Infamous fiddler - used 33 times, most recently in 2022
- Roman fiddler - used 32 times, most recently in 2021
- Roman tyrant - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- "Quo Vadis" emperor - used 30 times, most recently in 2020
- Agrippina's son - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
- Adopted son of Claudius - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- "Quo Vadis" role - used 24 times, most recently in 2020
- Rex's sleuth - used 24 times, most recently in 2012
- Famous fiddler - used 23 times, most recently in 2011
- Nephew of Caligula - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Detective Wolfe of crime fiction - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Notorious emperor - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Roman road - ITER, used 202 times
- Roman poet - OVID, used 146 times
- Roman statesman - CATO, used 87 times
- Roman censor - CATO, used 59 times
- Roman date - IDES, used 56 times
- Roman historian - LIVY, used 56 times
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