Tribe leader
The crossword clue "Tribe leader" is answered by ELDER, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2003. 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
ELDER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ELDER answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for ELDER
Every other clue in this collection answered by ELDER, most used first.
- Church official - used 107 times, most recently in 2024
- Senior - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
- Church leader - used 61 times, most recently in 2024
- Tribal leader - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Church officer - used 42 times, most recently in 2022
- Firstborn of two - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
- Kind of statesman - used 26 times, most recently in 2013
- Presbyter - used 24 times, most recently in 2012
- Church dignitary - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
- ___ statesman - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Born first - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Like some statesmen - used 15 times, most recently in 2016
- Pliny the ___ - used 14 times, most recently in 2012
- Churchman - used 13 times, most recently in 1996
- Patriarch - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Respected church member - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Respected figure - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Venerable one - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
- Mormon leader - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Respected one - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
- __ statesman (retired politician) - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Town leader - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- One of the Plinys - used 9 times, most recently in 2000
- One to respect - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Respected tribe member - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Church VIP - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Respected village figure - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Sort of statesman - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Type of statesman - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Born earlier - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Earlier-born - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Influential member of a tribe - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Mormon official - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- One with seniority - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Person to respect - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Respected community member - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Respected villager - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Someone to respect - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Tribal leader, often - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Venerated tribe member - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- Venerated villager - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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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.
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- Civil rights leader Medgar - EVERS, used 58 times
- Bolshevik leader - LENIN, used 51 times
- Temple leader - RABBI, used 43 times
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