Guiding principles
The crossword clue "Guiding principles" is answered by CREDOS, a 6-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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CREDOS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CREDOS answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for CREDOS
Every other clue in this collection answered by CREDOS, most used first.
- Beliefs - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- Doctrines - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Tenets - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Words to live by - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Statements of belief - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Principles - TENETS, used 43 times
- Moral principles - ETHICS, used 35 times
- Guiding light - BEACON, used 34 times
- Lacking principles - AMORAL, used 32 times
- Without principles - AMORAL, used 17 times
- Worthy principles - IDEALS, used 11 times
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