Pontifical

The answer

PAPAL

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PAPAL answer page.

Used 18 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 8 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.

• APOSTOLIC (2 uses in xd)
• DOGMATIC (1 uses in xd)
• POPISH (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for PAPAL

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

• Vatican-related - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Like some bulls - used 32 times, most recently in 2024
• Of the Vatican - used 31 times, most recently in 2024
• Vatican-based - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ bull - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Kind of bull - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Kind of cross - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
• Of the Holy See - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• ___ States - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Pertaining to the Holy See - used 6 times, most recently in 2018

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.

• Danger - PERIL, used 242 times
• Sacred song - PSALM, used 199 times
• Blender setting - PUREE, used 169 times
• Tubular pasta - PENNE, used 161 times
• Intrinsically - PERSE, used 142 times
• Jeopardy - PERIL, used 137 times

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