Israel's first king

The answer

SAUL

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Used 19 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1961. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SAUL

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

• Author Bellow - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
• First king of Israel - used 69 times, most recently in 2023
• "Better Call ___" - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Writer Bellow - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Biblical king - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Novelist Bellow - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Bellow in the library - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• King David's predecessor - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
• "Better Call ___" ("Breaking Bad" spinoff) - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Handel oratorio - used 10 times, most recently in 2008
• Nobelist Bellow - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• "Herzog" author Bellow - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• "Breaking Bad" lawyer Goodman - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• AMC's "Better Call ___" - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Old Testament king - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

Related clues

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• First-rate - AONE, used 274 times
• Shakespearean king - LEAR, used 216 times
• First place - EDEN, used 215 times
• "The King ___" - ANDI, used 150 times
• First-class - AONE, used 143 times
• First name in scat - ELLA, used 140 times

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