Name of two presidents

The answer

ADAMS

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ADAMS answer page.

Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2021. It appears in 7 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.

• ANDREW (1 uses in xd)
• BUSH (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ADAMS

Every other clue in this collection answered by ADAMS, most used first.

• Second U.S. president - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Second president - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Washington's successor - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• ___ apple - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Second or sixth president - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Photographer Ansel - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• First veep - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
• First vice president - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• "Dilbert" cartoonist - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
• John Quincy ___ - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• First U.S. vice president - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• John or John Quincy - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Monroe's successor - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• "1776" role - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Washington successor - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• 2nd U.S. president - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• "Dilbert" cartoonist Scott - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Gospel singer Yolanda - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• President John Quincy __ - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• U.S. President - used 7 times, most recently in 1995
• Amy of "Arrival" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• First Lady Abigail - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• President after Washington - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Sixth president - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• "Summer of '69" singer Bryan - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Surname of two presidents - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• "Watership Down" author Richard - used 6 times, most recently in 2013

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• Fake name - ALIAS, used 65 times

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