Papal envoy
The crossword clue "Papal envoy" is answered by LEGATE, a 6-letter entry. Used 12 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1949. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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LEGATE
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Used 12 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1949. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for LEGATE
Every other clue in this collection answered by LEGATE, most used first.
- Envoy - used 26 times, most recently in 2009
- Official emissary - used 16 times, most recently in 2022
- Emissary - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Papal representative - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Ambassador - used 8 times, most recently in 2010
- Papal emissary - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Pope's emissary - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
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.
- Papal ambassador - NUNCIO, used 9 times
- Papal capes - ORALES, used 7 times
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