Monastery
The crossword clue "Monastery" is answered by ABBEY, a 5-letter entry. Used 21 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1959. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ABBEY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ABBEY answer page.
Used 21 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1959. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- CLOISTER (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for ABBEY
Every other clue in this collection answered by ABBEY, most used first.
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- Home for monks - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Monastery head - ABBOT, used 133 times
- Monastery leader - ABBOT, used 29 times
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- Monastery superior - ABBOT, used 16 times
- Monastery VIP - ABBOT, used 14 times
- Monastery figure - ABBOT, used 13 times
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