Successor to Arafat
The crossword clue "Successor to Arafat" is answered by ABBAS, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ABBAS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ABBAS answer page.
Used 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ABBAS
Every other clue in this collection answered by ABBAS, most used first.
- Arafat's successor - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Coptic bishops - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- Palestinian leader Mahmoud - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Title for Coptic bishops - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Arafat successor - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Nasser's successor - SADAT, used 60 times
- O'Connor's successor - ALITO, used 42 times
- Grant's successor - HAYES, used 35 times
- Boutros-Ghali's successor - ANNAN, used 24 times
- Hubert's successor - SPIRO, used 24 times
- Washington's successor - ADAMS, used 24 times
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