Shepherd's staff
The crossword clue "Shepherd's staff" is answered by CROOK, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1957. 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
CROOK
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CROOK answer page.
Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for CROOK
Every other clue in this collection answered by CROOK, most used first.
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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.
- Staff symbol - GCLEF, used 21 times
- New staff member - HIREE, used 16 times
- Staff symbols - NOTES, used 16 times
- Added to the staff - HIRED, used 15 times
- The staff of life - BREAD, used 15 times
- Staff members? - NOTES, used 14 times
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