Clergyman
The crossword clue "Clergyman" is answered by RECTOR, a 6-letter entry. Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1957. 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
RECTOR
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RECTOR answer page.
Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for RECTOR
Every other clue in this collection answered by RECTOR, most used first.
- Parish head - used 20 times, most recently in 2017
- Parish leader - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Parish pastor - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
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.
- Clergyman - PRIEST, used 16 times
- Clergyman - PASTOR, used 8 times
- Catholic clergyman - PRIEST, used 7 times
- Clergyman - PARSON, used 7 times
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