'Twelfth Night character heading off North with article' - making of an opera? (8) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue 'Twelfth Night character heading off North with article' - making of an opera? (8) featured in Guardian Cryptic puzzle on February 23, 2026. 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 8 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is IOLANTHE.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% IOLANTHE 'Twelfth Night character heading off North with article' - making of an opera? (8) (8) The Guardian Cryptic Feb 23, 2026
6% VIOLA "Twelfth Night" heroine (5) Wall Street Journal Feb 12, 2026
6% OLIVIA "Twelfth Night" heroine (6) Thomas Joseph Dec 17, 2025
5% THETA Article thanks to foreign character (5) (5) Mirror Cryptic Feb 21, 2026
5% FESTE Clown in William Shakespeare play Twelfth Night (5) (5) Mirror Quiz Feb 11, 2026
5% MALVOLIO Pompous steward in William Shakespeare play Twelfth Night (8) (8) Mirror Quiz Feb 2, 2026
5% QUELLS Heads off (6) Newsday Jan 30, 2026
5% AMAHL Opera title boy who had "night visitors" (5) The Washington Post Mini Jan 15, 2026
5% NOWANDTHEN Occasionally present with article by head of news (10) The Telegraph Cryptic Jan 5, 2026
5% DECEMBER Twelfth month (8) Commuter Dec 24, 2025

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