Monastery figure
The crossword clue "Monastery figure" is answered by FRIAR, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1997. 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
FRIAR
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FRIAR answer page.
Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1997. 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.
- SUBABBOT (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for FRIAR
Every other clue in this collection answered by FRIAR, most used first.
- Tuck, for one - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
- Tuck's title - used 15 times, most recently in 2018
- Monk - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Frock wearer - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- __ Tuck - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Monastery resident - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Brother in a hood? - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Man on a mission? - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Figure of speech - IDIOM, used 135 times
- Monastery head - ABBOT, used 133 times
- Figure of speech - TROPE, used 131 times
- Praying figure - ORANT, used 124 times
- Figure out - SOLVE, used 69 times
- "Paradise Lost" figure - SATAN, used 39 times
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