Bess's predecessor
The crossword clue "Bess's predecessor" is answered by ELEANOR, a 7-letter entry. Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2023; 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
ELEANOR
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ELEANOR answer page.
Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2023; 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 clues for ELEANOR
Every other clue in this collection answered by ELEANOR, most used first.
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- Rigby or Roosevelt - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
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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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