Bygone city in present-day Iraq, once the world's most populous Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% NINEVEH Bygone city in present-day Iraq, once the world's most populous (7) New York Times Apr 6, 2023
70% KARACHI Pakistan's most populated city (7) The Times Concise Sep 12, 2025
70% BOISE Most populous city in Idaho (5) Universal Aug 21, 2025
67% PAST Bygone days (4) The Sun Two Speed Aug 1, 2025
67% DELHI Second-most-populous city in the world (after Tokyo) (5) New York Times Jul 20, 2025
65% HANOI Second-most populous city of Vietnam (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Sep 5, 2025
65% YORE Bygone days (4) Wall Street Journal Jul 28, 2025
62% XMAS Present day? (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Sep 5, 2025
62% OSAKA Japan's third-most populous city (5) Universal Jul 29, 2025
62% ANCHORAGE Alaska's most populated city (9) (9)

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