The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word ACHILLES which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1975.
Mythical figure crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ACHILLES | 7 % | 8 |
| HESPERUS | 7 % | 8 |
| TELEMACHUS | 7 % | 10 |
| DAEDALUS | 7 % | 8 |
| MENELAUS | 7 % | 8 |
| ATALANTA | 7 % | 8 |
| HERA | 7 % | 4 |
| PROMETHEUS | 7 % | 10 |
| CERBERUS | 7 % | 8 |
| LEDA | 7 % | 4 |
| ANTIGONE | 7 % | 8 |
| ERATO | 7 % | 5 |
| PELE | 7 % | 4 |
| CALLIOPE | 7 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Mythical figure
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- legend
- myth
- leda
- calliope
- cerberus
- daedalus
- erato
- hera
- achilles
- antigone
- hesperus
- menelaus
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 ACHILLES
- Nearly invulnerable warrior
- Hero of 14-Down
- A big heel?
- Hero with a vulnerable heel
- Friend of Antilochus
- Paris was too much for him
- Victim of Paris
- Trojan War hero
- "Iliad" hero
- He had a foot problem
More clues leading to the result HESPERUS
- Ship in a Longfellow poem
- Schooner in a Longfellow poem.
- The evening star.
- Venus.
- Longfellow's wrecked ship
- Mythical figure
- Longfellow's wreck
- The planet Venus
- Ship done in by the reef of Norman's Woe
More clues leading to the result TELEMACHUS
More clues leading to the result DAEDALUS
- Father of Icarus
- Wax wing maker
- Labyrinth of Minos creator
- Labyrinth creator
- Mythical figure
- Icarus' father, in myth
- Builder of the Labyrinth of Minos
- Mythical wingman?
- Labyrinth designer
More clues leading to the result MENELAUS
- Helen's hubby
- King of Sparta.
- Husband of Helen of Troy
- Mythical figure
- Helen's husband
- Rival of Paris
- Helen of Troy's husband
More clues leading to the result ATALANTA
- Maiden hunter of myth
- Calydonian boar hunt hunter
- Mythical runner who was turned into a lion
- Mythological runner
- Mythical Greek sprinter
- Handel opera set in Greece
- Mythological huntress who married the winner of a footrace
- Heroine of the Calydonian boar hunt
- Mythological female runner
- Retriever of Aphrodite's golden apples
More clues leading to the result HERA
- Wife of Zeus
- Zeus' sister and wife
- Consort of Zeus
- Greek queen of heaven
- The wife and sister of Zeus
- Queen of Mount Olympus
- Zeus' wife
- Daughter of Cronus
- Some tests
- Mother of 45 Down
More clues leading to the result PROMETHEUS
- Titan who stole fire from the gods
- Titan who gave fire to humans
- Mythical figure
- THIEF
- Shelley's "___ Unbound"
More clues leading to the result CERBERUS
- Hade's watchdog
- Subject of Hercules' Twelfth Labor
- Multi-headed dog that guards Hades, in Greek myth
- Three-headed watchdog of myth
- Three-headed dog of Hades.
- Sinister three-headed dog of myth.
- Vigilant guardian.
- Challenge for Hercules.
- Mythical figure
- Dog guarding the gates of the underworld
More clues leading to the result LEDA
- Helen of Troy's mother
- Mother of Helen of Troy
- Queen of Sparta
- Spartan queen
- Mother of Castor and Pollux
- Castor's mother
- Mother of Helen
- Satellite of Jupiter
- Helen of Troy's mom
- "__ and the Swan"
More clues leading to the result ANTIGONE
- Daughter of Oedipus
- Tragedy by Sophocles
- Sophocles work
- One of Sophocles's Theban plays
- Last of Sophocles' Theban plays
- Subject for Sophocles
- Sophocles drama
- Sophocles tragedy
- Sophocles heroine
- Greek ideal of noble womanhood.
More clues leading to the result ERATO
- Clio's sister
- Muse of poetry
- One of the Muses
- Poetry Muse
- Lyre-playing muse
- Lyric poetry muse
- Milton's muse
- One of nine
- Poetic Muse
- Muse of mime
More clues leading to the result PELE
- Edson Arantes do Nascimento, to sports fans
- Noted Sao Paulo-born athlete
- Soccer great
- He got his kicks with the Cosmos
- Soccer immortal
- Hawaiian goddess
- Soccer legend
- Athlete sponsored by Subway
- Brazilian futebol legend
- First athlete to lend his name to a video game