Church leaders
The crossword clue "Church leaders" is answered by ELDERS, a 6-letter entry. Used 16 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ELDERS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ELDERS answer page.
Used 16 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 6 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.
- PARSONS (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ELDERS
Every other clue in this collection answered by ELDERS, most used first.
- Church officials - used 21 times, most recently in 2011
- Church officers - used 11 times, most recently in 2010
- Respected ones - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Seniors - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
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.
- Church councils - SYNODS, used 42 times
- Church official - DEACON, used 27 times
- Church toppers - SPIRES, used 27 times
- Church leader - PASTOR, used 21 times
- Unification Church member - MOONIE, used 20 times
- Church sights - ALTARS, used 18 times
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