Monastic officer

The answer

PRIOR

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

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2009; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for PRIOR

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

• Earlier - used 74 times, most recently in 2026
• Previous - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Former - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• __ to; before - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Antecedent - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Rap sheet entry - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Rap sheet listing - used 13 times, most recently in 2019
• Before, with "to" - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Earlier in time - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Abbot's aide - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
• Beforehand - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Preceding - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Aforementioned - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Earlier offense - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Previous arrest - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Rap sheet item - used 6 times, most recently in 2016

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• Officer-to-be - CADET, used 14 times
• Future officer - CADET, used 12 times

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