Church leader
The crossword clue "Church leader" is answered by POPE, a 4-letter entry. Used 10 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
POPE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the POPE answer page.
Used 10 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for POPE
Every other clue in this collection answered by POPE, most used first.
- Vatican VIP - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Vatican leader - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Bishop of Rome - used 37 times, most recently in 2025
- English poet - used 20 times, most recently in 1995
- Catholic leader - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Francis, e.g. - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Pontiff - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Castel Gandolfo resident - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- John, Paul or John Paul - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Francis, for one - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- "The Dunciad" poet - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Vatican City leader - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Vatican head - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Vicar of Christ - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Church recess - APSE, used 253 times
- Church area - APSE, used 216 times
- Church section - APSE, used 206 times
- Mosque leader - IMAM, used 172 times
- Church service - MASS, used 130 times
- Church part - APSE, used 101 times
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