Parish leader
The crossword clue "Parish leader" is answered by RECTOR, a 6-letter entry. Used 19 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 10 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 19 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 10 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
- Clergyman - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- 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.
- Flock leader - PASTOR, used 34 times
- Church leader - PASTOR, used 21 times
- Hun leader - ATTILA, used 19 times
- Convent leader - ABBESS, used 16 times
- Former PLO leader - ARAFAT, used 13 times
- Mass leader - PRIEST, used 13 times
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