Major criminal
The crossword clue "Major criminal" is answered by FELON, a 5-letter entry. Used 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
FELON
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FELON answer page.
Used 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for FELON
Every other clue in this collection answered by FELON, most used first.
- Criminal - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Serious criminal - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Lawbreaker - used 14 times, most recently in 2010
- Joint tenant? - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- One with convictions - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- Arsonist, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Serious offender - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
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.
- Major artery - AORTA, used 132 times
- Major blood vessel - AORTA, used 92 times
- Major happening - EVENT, used 42 times
- Major mix-up - SNAFU, used 33 times
- Major mess - SNAFU, used 27 times
- Major vessel - AORTA, used 22 times
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