Colonial news source
The crossword clue "Colonial news source" is answered by CRIER, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CRIER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CRIER answer page.
Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for CRIER
Every other clue in this collection answered by CRIER, most used first.
- Town ___ - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Colonial newscaster - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
- Town employee of yore - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Old yeller - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Bawler - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Old news source - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Weeper - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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