Pope's emissary
The crossword clue "Pope's emissary" is answered by LEGATE, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2006; first recorded in 1998. 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
LEGATE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LEGATE answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2006; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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 envoy - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- 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
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