Crime bosses
The crossword clue "Crime bosses" is answered by DONS, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DONS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DONS answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 3 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.
- RINGLEADERS (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for DONS
Every other clue in this collection answered by DONS, most used first.
- Puts on - used 125 times, most recently in 2026
- Dresses in - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Mafia bosses - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Gets into - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
- Slips into - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Puts on, as clothes - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Puts on, as clothing - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Wears - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Family heads - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Mafia bigwigs - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Mob bosses - used 8 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.
- Aid in crime - ABET, used 69 times
- Assist in a crime - ABET, used 38 times
- Help in crime - ABET, used 38 times
- Help with a crime - ABET, used 33 times
- Assist in crime - ABET, used 29 times
- Crime boss - CAPO, used 28 times
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