Shaft of light
The crossword clue "Shaft of light" is answered by RAY, a 3-letter entry. Used 46 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
RAY
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RAY answer page.
Used 46 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for RAY
Every other clue in this collection answered by RAY, most used first.
- Sunbeam - used 125 times, most recently in 2026
- Beam of light - used 94 times, most recently in 2026
- Beam - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
- Bit of sunshine - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
- Bit of hope - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Skate. - used 30 times, most recently in 2024
- Beam of sunlight - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Bit of sunlight - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Bright beam - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
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