Progenitors
The crossword clue "Progenitors" is answered by SIRES, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1950. 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
SIRES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SIRES answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1950. 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 SIRES
Every other clue in this collection answered by SIRES, most used first.
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- Begets - used 90 times, most recently in 2026
- Horse fathers - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Paddock papas - used 9 times, most recently in 2008
- Farm fathers - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Foals' fathers - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Fathers of colts - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Paddock parents - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
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