King who solved the riddle of the Sphinx Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue King who solved the riddle of the Sphinx last seen in Times Specialist Sunday puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 7 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is OEDIPUS.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% OEDIPUS King who solved the riddle of the Sphinx (7) The Times Specialist Sunday Sep 17, 2017
3% SIFT Riddle (4) The Telegraph Quick Jul 12, 2026
3% SIEVE Riddle (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Jul 9, 2026
3% EGYPT Home to the Sphinx (5) New York Times Jun 29, 2026
3% STRAINER Riddle from Sphinx's first teacher (8) (8) The Guardian Cryptic Jun 18, 2026
3% LION Sphinx, mostly (4) LA Times Daily May 29, 2026
3% GIZA Sphinx site (4) Eugene Sheffer Apr 3, 2026
2% NAT ___ King Cole who sang "The Christmas Song" (3)
2% CLUE Aid to solving a problem (4) Puzzler Backwords Jul 12, 2026
2% TRIAL ___ and error (problem-solving method) (5)

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