The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word NILE which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1973.
Historic river crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| NILE | 41 % | 4 |
| TIBER | 19 % | 5 |
| AVON | 15 % | 4 |
| MARNE | 7 % | 5 |
| VOLGA | 7 % | 5 |
| POTOMAC | 4 % | 7 |
| THAMES | 4 % | 6 |
| DELAWARE | 4 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Historic river
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- nile
- tiber
- volga
- thames
- potomac
- avon
- ebro
- gilead
- canterbury
- erie
- nasser
- canaan
Crossword Answer definitions
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 NILE
- "Death on the __"
- "Death on the ____" (Christie mystery)
- Aswan Dam site
- Cleo's domain
- Egypt's lifeline
- Lake Nasser locale
- Lake Nasser site
- Longest river in the world
- Mediterranean feeder
- River formed at Khartoum
More clues leading to the result TIBER
- Site of some Italian banks?
- Rome's river
- River through Rome
- Tuscany river
- River upon which Romulus and Remus were set adrift
- River of Rome
- Site of some Roman banks
- Roman river
- River under the Pons Aemilius
- River to the Tyrrhenian Sea
More clues leading to the result AVON
- "___ calling"
- Bard's river
- Cosmetic brand
- Ding dong, this lady comes calling
- Stratford's river
- The Bard's river
- Cosmetic caller
- Ding dong lady
- River into the Severn
- River to the Severn
More clues leading to the result MARNE
- WWI battle river
- WWI site
- Seine feeder
- WWI/WWII battle river
- It flows into the Seine
- French river
- Waterway of France
- Joiner of the Seine
- Seine tributary
- River for which two WWI battles are named
More clues leading to the result VOLGA
- Waterway in Russia
- It's about 500 miles longer than the Danube
- Europe's longest river
- Caspian Sea feeder
- Caspian feeder
- River that originates in Russia's Valdai Hills
- River that starts in the Valdai Hills
- River through western Russia
- Longest river in Europe
- River to the Caspian Sea
More clues leading to the result POTOMAC
- Jefferson Memorial sight
- DC river
- Watergate view
- Border river of Washington, D.C.
- River spanned by the Key Bridge
- River a Mount Vernon
- River to Chesapeake Bay
- Washington's river
- Foggy Bottom river
- River under the Arlington Memorial Bridge
More clues leading to the result THAMES
- London flower?
- It runs under the Tower Bridge
- River setting for "The Wind in the Willows"
- River of London
- Henley venue
- Flower by Big Ben
- London's river
- River seen from Windsor Castle
- River of Tiny Tim's town
- Site of London's annual rowing race