Authoritative command
The crossword clue "Authoritative command" is answered by MANDATE, a 7-letter entry. Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
MANDATE
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MANDATE answer page.
Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for MANDATE
Every other clue in this collection answered by MANDATE, most used first.
- Authoritative order - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Order - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- What a landslide political victory confers - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
Related clues
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