Elder statesman
The crossword clue "Elder statesman" is answered by DOYEN, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DOYEN
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DOYEN answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 2 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.
- BARUCH (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for DOYEN
Every other clue in this collection answered by DOYEN, most used first.
- Senior member - used 69 times, most recently in 2024
- Ranking member - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Group's senior member - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
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.
- Statesman Root - ELIHU, used 31 times
- Kind of statesman - ELDER, used 26 times
- ___ statesman - ELDER, used 18 times
- Statesman Stevenson - ADLAI, used 16 times
- Athenian statesman - SOLON, used 14 times
- Irish statesman De Valera - EAMON, used 10 times
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