Primary
The crossword clue "Primary" is answered by CHIEF, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CHIEF
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CHIEF answer page.
Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for CHIEF
Every other clue in this collection answered by CHIEF, most used first.
- Main - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Principal - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- Most important - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Head honcho - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
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.
- Primary strategy - PLANA, used 19 times
- Primary - FIRST, used 11 times
- Primary artery - AORTA, used 6 times
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