The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word TYRE which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 1996.
Ancient city crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TYRE | 52 % | 4 |
| TROY | 9 % | 4 |
| ILIUM | 9 % | 5 |
| TARSUS | 4 % | 6 |
| SPARTA | 4 % | 6 |
| NINEVEH | 4 % | 7 |
| SIDON | 4 % | 5 |
| ALEPPO | 4 % | 6 |
| ROME | 4 % | 4 |
| ROMA | 4 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Ancient city
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- metropolis
- urbs
- tyre
- sidon
- troy
- aleppo
- tarsus
- roma
- rome
- sparta
- thebes
- argos
Crossword Answer definitions
TYRE noun- The ring-shaped protective covering around a wheel which is usually made of rubber or plastic composite and is either pneumatic or solid.
- The metal rim of a wheel, especially that of a railway vehicle.
- To fit tyres to (a vehicle).
- Curdled milk.
- Attire.
- To adorn.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result TYRE
- Phoenician port
- Rolls radial
- Southampton spare
- Rolls Royce spare
- Phoenician seaport
- Item in the boot
- Jaguar's support
- Pericles' princedom
- Phoenician city
- Pericles's princedom
More clues leading to the result TROY
- City near Albany
- City on the Hudson
- Helen's city
- Helen's home
- Priam was its king
- Rensselaer's city
- City of Paris
- 2004 film based on the "Iliad"
- Film in which Brad Pitt plays Achilles
- Iliad setting
More clues leading to the result ILIUM
- Troy, to the ancient Latins
- A pelvic bone
- Troy
- Trojans' home
- Latin name for Troy
- Troy, to Romans
- Troy, by another name
- Troy, in Latin
- Pelvic bone
- Fictional town where many Vonnegut novels are set
More clues leading to the result TARSUS
- Birthplace of St. Paul
- Foot part
- St. Paul's birthplace
- Ankle joint component
- Bones of the ankle and heel
- Foot bones, collectively
- Set of ankle bones
- The anklebone is part of it
- Birthplace of St. Paul.
- Ankle.
More clues leading to the result SPARTA
- Militaristic city-state
- City in ancient Greece
- Ancient Greece city-state
- Domain of King Tyndareus
- Laconia's capital
- Battle of Thermopylae side
- Old Athens rival
- Peloponnesian War city-state
- Athens' foe
- Old rival of Athens
More clues leading to the result NINEVEH
- Fallen city on the Tigris
- Ancient Assyrian city
- Assyrian capital
- Jonah's destination
- Capital of Assyria
- Ancient city on the Tigris
- Ancient city.
- Ancient city on the Tigris.
- Capital of ancient Assyria.
- Ruins on the Tigris.
More clues leading to the result SIDON
- Phoenician city
- Port of Phoenicia
- Lebanese port
- Ancient seaport of Phenicia.
- Ancient name of Saida, Syria.
- Where Crusader fought Saracen.
- Capital of ancient Phoenicia.
- Neighbor of Tyre.
- Mediterranean port for pipeline from Saudi Arabia.
- Ancient and powerful Phoenician seaport.
More clues leading to the result ALEPPO
- Key stop on old caravan routes
- Syrian hub
- Syria's biggest city
- Ancient Syrian city
- Syria's largest city
- Great Mosque site of Syria
- Syrian city
- Site of Syria's Great Mosque
- Syria's most populous city
- Historic Syrian city
More clues leading to the result ROME
- "When in __ ..."
- Capitoline Museum site
- Colosseum site
- Eternal City of seven hills
- Claudius's domain
- The Eternal City
- Italian city where the fictional Lizzie McGuire becomes a pop star
- Where people once were used to sets of letters like 7-Down
- "Tosca" setting
- City on the Tiber