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291 recorded uses

DateClue
2026-09-05Revered one
2026-05-25Revered figure
2026-04-06Much-admired person
2026-03-26Billy who had a #1 hit with "Mony Mony"
2026-01-29Object of veneration
2025-11-17Object of adoration
2025-11-13The Israelites' golden calf, e.g.
2025-09-03World's most-watched television franchise, informally
2025-09-01Celeb with worshipful fans
2025-05-31Member of BTS or Blackpink, e.g.
2025-02-13"Survivor" game-changer
2024-11-24Queequeg's figurine in "Moby-Dick," e.g.
2024-11-06Object of adoration
2024-10-26Reality show winner since 2002
2024-09-02Revered star
2024-06-24Ariana Grande, to Arianators, e.g.
2024-04-08Object of adoration
2024-03-27"American ___"
2024-02-07Longtime TV singing series, to fans
2024-01-07False ___
2023-11-30More than a favorite
2023-10-29"Pop ___," British show that launched Simon Cowell's TV career
2023-10-23"American ___"
2023-10-02"Survivor" immunity token
2023-05-18Golden calf, e.g.
2023-05-04Loved one
2023-03-22K-pop star, e.g.
2023-02-19Golden calf, for one
2022-11-23Worshiped person
2022-10-29Word with false or fallen
2022-08-01False god
2022-06-06Celebrity who's adored
2022-05-23Worshiped figure
2022-03-30"American ___"
2022-03-29"White Wedding" singer Billy
2022-01-19Some people bow to it
2021-08-26Statue of Ganesha, e.g.
2021-07-15Fan fave
2021-06-09Golden calf, e.g.
2020-11-08Role model
2020-10-18Fan mail recipient
2020-09-26Fetishized one
2020-09-18One with tens of millions of Instagram followers, maybe
2020-08-19Golden god
2020-08-12Teen ___
2020-08-05Pop sensation
2020-04-20TV talent show winner
2019-11-26Pop star
2019-11-03Giant star
2019-10-16Celebrated figure
2019-09-17Fan favorite
2019-08-20Worshiped one
2019-08-08Object of veneration
2019-06-07Rocker, perhaps
2019-05-29Fawned-over figure
2019-05-05Talent show that jumped networks, familiarly
2019-01-06Massive star
2018-10-28Longtime singing talent show, familiarly
2018-10-03Object of worship
2018-08-11Subject of devotion
2018-06-16Teen ___
2018-06-07Fan fixation
2018-05-09One with millions of Instagram followers, say
2018-05-04Indiana Jones pursuit
2018-03-14Fanzine favorite
2018-02-05Revered one
2018-01-14Fan favorite
2017-08-09Immunity ___ ("Survivor" object)
2017-06-20Item swiped by Indiana Jones at the start of "Raiders of the Lost Ark"
2017-05-07Golden calf, e.g.
2017-01-11Object of admiration
2016-11-27Hero
2016-11-02Kelly Clarkson was the first one, informally
2016-10-29Entertainment Weekly interviewee
2016-07-09Treasure hunter's loot, maybe
2016-04-25TV's discontinued "American ___"
2016-04-15Teenage dream?
2016-02-08Golden calf, e.g.
2015-12-23Revered one
2015-10-28"American ___"
2015-08-08Hot star
2015-07-07One with devotees
2015-06-04Taylor Swift, for one
2015-05-30Recipient of 11-Down
2015-02-26Golden calf, e.g.
2015-01-14"American ___"
2014-12-19Fan fixation
2014-12-12Pop ___
2014-11-30Subject of a Fox hunt
2014-10-01Something false in the Bible?
2014-09-30Winner of a popular TV talent show
2014-09-04Bedroom poster subject
2014-08-11Fox's "American ___"
2014-05-14Golden god, say
2014-04-30Heathen's figurine
2013-12-31"Survivor" immunity token
2013-12-07Stargazer's focus?
2013-10-20Sacred cow
2013-10-02Many a Rolling Stone cover subject
2013-09-25Kelly Clarkson was the first "American" one
2013-07-08One with millions of followers
2013-05-06Something smashed by Abraham, in Jewish tradition
2013-01-09Fox talent show, for short
2012-09-13Carrie Underwood or Taylor Hicks
2012-09-09Superstar
2012-08-24Target of a Fox hunt?
2012-08-14Worshiped one
2012-07-16One on a pedestal
2012-06-28Poster subject, maybe
2012-04-02Person on a pedestal
2012-01-23Winner of a Fox talent show beginning in 2002
2011-12-25Fan's fixation
2011-10-10One who's worshiped
2011-08-28Fan club focus
2011-07-31Michael Jordan, e.g.
2011-07-11Much-loved celebrity
2011-07-10Billy who sang "Rebel Yell"
2011-03-15Fox hit since 2002, informally
2010-12-16Favorite
2010-07-12Fox's "American ___"
2010-06-20Superstar
2010-05-23Pedestal topper
2010-03-27Massive star
2010-01-14Kelly Clarkson, once
2009-11-24Simon Cowell's show, for short
2009-08-24Rock star, say
2009-06-14Revered figure
2009-05-12Miley Cyrus, to teens
2009-03-07Very hot star
2009-02-17Word after matinee or teen
2009-02-11Tiger Beat cover subject
2009-02-09Fox's "American ___"
2009-02-03Elvis Presley or Marilyn Monroe
2008-12-23Object of many screams
2008-11-28Fan favorite
2008-11-02Immunity ___ on "Survivor"
2008-07-01Hero to many
2008-06-02Golden deity, say
2008-05-26Fox's "American ___"
2008-04-13Wannabe's model
2008-04-01Rock star, e.g.
2008-01-29One on a pedestal
2008-01-27It may be false
2008-01-21Fox hit "American ___"
2007-12-13Darling
2007-10-10Taylor Hicks, e.g.
2007-09-15Massive star
2007-09-10Fox TV's "American ___"
2007-08-17Rolling Stone cover subject
2007-06-06Kelly Clarkson or Taylor Hicks
2007-05-03False
2007-04-04One on a pedestal
2007-04-02TV's "American ___"
2006-12-27Hero type
2006-11-27One with adoring fans
2006-10-09British rocker Billy
2006-09-20"American ___"
2006-09-18Object of devotion
2006-08-15Teen fave
2006-07-05Fan fave
2006-05-30Object of worship
2006-05-26Provider of immunity on "Survivor"
2006-03-02False god
2006-02-19Object of worship
2005-08-28Teen ___
2005-08-19Superstar
2005-08-02Hero
2005-07-19Immunity item on "Survivor"
2005-05-08"American __"
2005-04-27Matinee ___
2005-04-20Any Beatle, once
2005-04-06Temple image
2005-02-19Big star, say
2005-02-15Favorite
2005-01-09Fan mail recipient
2004-12-26Pedestal figure
2004-11-23Teen People cover subject
2004-10-24Role model
2004-10-14One doing commercial endorsements, maybe
2004-09-30Hero-type
2004-08-24Fan club's honoree
2004-07-22Hollywood favorite
2004-06-22Hit Fox show, in headlines
2004-05-24TV's "American ___"
2004-05-12Temple figure
2004-05-04Person on a poster
2004-03-31Matinee ___
2004-03-22TV's "American ___"
2004-03-04Any of the Beatles, once
2004-01-27Elvis or Madonna, e.g.
2003-12-26Loved one
2003-12-24"American ___"
2003-12-16Teen ___
2003-12-10One often asked for an autograph
2003-11-25Subject of adoration
2003-10-27The golden calf was one
2003-10-15"American ___"
2003-06-17Hero
2003-03-06"American ___"
2003-01-30Fawning target
2002-10-21One who's looked up to
2002-08-28Teen ___ (heartthrob)
2002-06-25Britney Spears, to teen girls
2002-06-19Baal, e.g.
2002-06-06Revered figure
2002-05-14Teen fave
2002-05-06Screen favorite
2002-02-24Object of incense burning, maybe
2002-02-15Fawned-over figure
2002-01-30Elvis, once
2002-01-13Second commandment no-no
2001-09-25Graven image
2001-09-12Poster boy?
2001-08-19Hero
2001-08-07Pedestal topper
2001-05-20Favorite
2001-05-14Not just a star
2001-04-06Ricky Martin, for one
2001-03-16Fetishist's object
2001-03-05One getting bags of fan mail
2001-01-18Pagoda sight
2001-01-17Object of blind devotion
2000-12-27Baal, e.g.
2000-11-28Golden calf
2000-10-30One who's swooned over
2000-09-28It might be surrounded by bows
2000-09-03Britney Spears, to some
2000-08-01Elvis or Fabian, once
2000-07-23Darling
2000-07-03Matinee hero
2000-05-30Pedestal topper
2000-05-08Hollywood favorite
2000-04-04Screen fave
1999-12-12Object of devotion
1999-11-15Revered object
1999-10-24Role model, maybe
1999-09-201-Across, e.g.
1999-09-09Teen magazine profilee
1999-08-23Object of devotion
1999-08-22Favorite one
1999-05-12Teen fave
1999-05-06Part of a temple's décor, maybe
1999-02-26Teen ___
1998-11-10Hero
1998-10-20Matinee hero
1998-08-31Someone who's looked up to
1998-08-20Second Commandment taboo
1998-07-27Movie star
1998-07-23One on a pedestal
1998-06-29False god
1998-02-17Pop star
1998-01-13Person with fans
1997-11-27Pop star, say
1997-07-11Teen ___
1997-06-16Elvis Presley, in the 50's and 60's
1997-04-171948 film "The Fallen ___"
1997-03-09Joss
1997-01-26What's all the screaming about?
1997-01-09Elvis, for one
1996-12-11Teen Beat cover subject
1996-08-07Screen favorite
1996-07-02Golden calf
1996-06-20Commercial endorsement person, maybe
1996-06-11Worshiped one
1996-04-22Matinee hero
1996-03-20Favorite
1996-03-13Biblical no-no
1996-01-28___worship
1995-12-10Word with screen or teen
1995-09-24Favorite
1995-09-04Show biz star
1995-08-22One who's adored
1995-07-25Pagan god
1995-06-05Teen's fave
1995-06-01Sacred statue
1995-05-30Rock's Billy _____
1995-05-15Whom fans adore
1995-03-20Object of adoration
1995-02-08Tiki, e.g.
1994-12-04Poster subject
1994-10-30Pop star
1994-10-07Baal, e.g.
1994-08-26Elvis, for one
1994-07-24Pedestal figure
1994-06-21Worshiped one
1994-04-26False god
1994-04-08More than a celebrity
1994-04-01Whom a wannabe wants to be
1994-03-25Pedestal figure
1994-02-1216 magazine profilee
1994-01-09Rock's Billy