Chief monk
The crossword clue "Chief monk" is answered by ABBOT, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1953. 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
ABBOT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ABBOT answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ABBOT
Every other clue in this collection answered by ABBOT, most used first.
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- Monk's superior - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Monastery leader - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Head of a monastery - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Brothers' keeper? - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Monastery superior - used 16 times, most recently in 2022
- Monastery VIP - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
- Monastery figure - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Prior's superior - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
- Head monk - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Main monk - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- Man with a mission? - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Monk's boss - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Big brother? - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Cloister leader - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Monastery bigwig - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Monastery man - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Superior of a monastery - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Monastery's main man - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Monks' head - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
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.
- Indian chief - RAJAH, used 28 times
- Davis of "Commander in Chief" - GEENA, used 13 times
- Chief Justice, 1836-64 - TANEY, used 12 times
- Pakistan's chief river - INDUS, used 12 times
- Monk - FRIAR, used 11 times
- Chief Justice: 1874–88 - WAITE, used 10 times
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