Papal name

The answer

LEO

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LEO answer page.

Used 20 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1954. 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.

• PIUS (58 uses in xd)
• URBAN (8 uses in xd)
• PAUL (7 uses in xd)
• ADRIAN (3 uses in xd)
• CLEMENT (3 uses in xd)

Other clues for LEO

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

• Zodiac sign - used 168 times, most recently in 2026
• Sign of summer - used 145 times, most recently in 2025
• Summer sign - used 132 times, most recently in 2026
• Zodiac cat - used 115 times, most recently in 2026
• Sign before Virgo - used 102 times, most recently in 2026
• Zodiac feline - used 99 times, most recently in 2026
• Zodiac lion - used 92 times, most recently in 2026
• Summer zodiac sign - used 83 times, most recently in 2026
• Author Tolstoy - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
• "Seinfeld" uncle - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Writer Buscaglia - used 33 times, most recently in 2015
• Feline sign - used 30 times, most recently in 2024
• Feline zodiac sign - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Lion of the zodiac - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Regulus's constellation - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• One of the fire signs - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• August sign - used 24 times, most recently in 2020
• Composer Delibes - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Name of 13 popes - used 23 times, most recently in 2022
• Zodiac sign between Cancer and Virgo - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Baseball's Durocher - used 22 times, most recently in 2023
• Constellation. - used 22 times, most recently in 1982
• Fifth sign of the zodiac - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Novelist Tolstoy - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Durocher - used 18 times, most recently in 1997
• Lion constellation - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• MGM mascot - used 18 times, most recently in 2021
• Zodiac beast - used 18 times, most recently in 2022
• Late July baby - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
• Zodiacal sign - used 17 times, most recently in 2002
• MGM lion - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Tolstoy - used 16 times, most recently in 1998
• Actor DiCaprio, familiarly - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Author Buscaglia - used 15 times, most recently in 2015
• Zodiac sign before Virgo - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• August zodiac sign - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Sign of the zodiac - used 13 times, most recently in 2014
• Singer Sayer - used 13 times, most recently in 2018
• A fire sign - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• "Anna Karenina" author Tolstoy - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Fifth sign - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
• Guitarist Kottke - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
• Lion's name - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
• MGM's lion - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
• Sign between Cancer and Virgo - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Denebola's constellation - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• It's a sign - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
• Lion in the sky - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• The lion in summer - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Writer Rosten - used 11 times, most recently in 2013
• Astrological lion - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Fifth zodiac sign - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Virgo neighbor - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Fire sign - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• John Spencer's "The West Wing" role - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Sign after Cancer - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• "The Fighter" Oscar winner Melissa - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• "War and Peace" author Tolstoy - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Actor Gorcey - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
• Hall of Famer Durocher - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Lion sign - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• One of 13 popes - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• Tolstoy or Durocher - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Virgo's neighbor - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Virgo's predecessor - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• Where Regulus is - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Writer Tolstoy - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Zodiac roarer - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Barack Obama, astrologically - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Celestial feline - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Its brightest star is Regulus - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Many an August baby - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Neighbor of Virgo - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Stellar cat - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Lip" - used 7 times, most recently in 1999
• Uncle on "Seinfeld" - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Actor __ G. Carroll - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Adman Burnett - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Astrological feline - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• DiCaprio, to fans - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Durocher of baseball - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Early August baby - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Heavenly lion - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Jerry's uncle on "Seinfeld" - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Late July zodiac sign - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Many an August birth - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• MGM roarer - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Only three-letter zodiac sign - 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.

• Pen name - BIC, used 178 times
• Maiden name preceder - NEE, used 116 times
• Word before a maiden name - NEE, used 102 times
• Common street name - ELM, used 85 times
• "The Name of the Rose" author - ECO, used 77 times
• Maiden name label - NEE, used 71 times

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