Chief
The crossword clue "Chief" is answered by PRIME, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2008; first recorded in 1962. 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
PRIME
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PRIME answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2008; first recorded in 1962. 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 PRIME
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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.
- Indian chief - RAJAH, used 28 times
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- Chief Justice: 1874–88 - WAITE, used 10 times
- Arab chief - EMEER, used 9 times
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