Guiding principle
The crossword clue "Guiding principle" is answered by CREDO, a 5-letter entry. Used 37 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
CREDO
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CREDO answer page.
Used 37 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 12 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.
- POLESTAR (14 uses in xd)
Other clues for CREDO
Every other clue in this collection answered by CREDO, most used first.
- Words to live by - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
- Belief - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Doctrine - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Set of beliefs - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Statement of belief - used 32 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.
- Principle - TENET, used 183 times
- Moral principle - ETHIC, used 89 times
- Basic principle - TENET, used 64 times
- Palindromic principle - TENET, used 38 times
- Guiding principle - TENET, used 34 times
- Guiding principle - CREED, used 22 times
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