Mideast bigwigs

The answer

EMIRS

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EMIRS answer page.

Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1990. It appears in 7 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.

• EMEERS (2 uses in xd)
• AMIRS (1 uses in xd)
• SHEIKS (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for EMIRS

Every other clue in this collection answered by EMIRS, most used first.

• Dubai dignitaries - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Mideast leaders - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Mideast rulers - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Arab leaders - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Middle Eastern rulers - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Arab princes - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Arab chieftains - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
• Kuwaiti rulers - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Eastern rulers - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Dubai rulers - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Eastern VIPs - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Islamic leaders - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Bahrain bigwigs - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Kuwaiti leaders - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Mideast peninsula - SINAI, used 48 times
• Mideast capital - AMMAN, used 45 times
• Military bigwigs - BRASS, used 28 times
• College bigwigs - DEANS, used 20 times
• Mideast desert - NEGEV, used 14 times
• Army bigwigs - BRASS, used 12 times

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