First pope
The crossword clue "First pope" is answered by PETER, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2003. 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
PETER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PETER answer page.
Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 4 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.
- SIMONPETER (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for PETER
Every other clue in this collection answered by PETER, most used first.
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- Piper of rhyme - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Fizzle (out) - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Pumpkin eater of rhyme - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Man of principle? - used 17 times, most recently in 2015
- Actor O'Toole - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Wendy's friend - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- Actor Dinklage - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Fictional rabbit - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- One of the Apostles - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- ___ out (dwindle) - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Dwindle, with "out" - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Falk of "Columbo" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Friend of Wendy - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- A Fonda - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Nero, the piano player - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
- Wane, with "out" - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
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.
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- First Greek letter - ALPHA, used 108 times
- First-stringers - ATEAM, used 107 times
- First Hebrew letter - ALEPH, used 90 times
- In first place - ONTOP, used 60 times
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