Some retired professors
The crossword clue "Some retired professors" is answered by EMERITI, a 7-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
EMERITI
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EMERITI answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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- EMERITAE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for EMERITI
Every other clue in this collection answered by EMERITI, most used first.
- Retired professors - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Academic retirees - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
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