Church feature
The crossword clue "Church feature" is answered by SPIRE, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SPIRE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SPIRE answer page.
Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- STAINEDGLASS (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for SPIRE
Every other clue in this collection answered by SPIRE, most used first.
- Steeple - used 66 times, most recently in 2025
- Cathedral topper - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Church topper - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Church steeple - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Skyline feature - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Chapel topper - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Steeple top - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
- Tower topper - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Pinnacle - used 9 times, most recently in 2003
- Skyline sight - used 9 times, most recently in 2009
- Steeple topper - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Cathedral feature - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Church pinnacle - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
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.
- Church council - SYNOD, used 160 times
- Church official - ELDER, used 107 times
- Church areas - APSES, used 93 times
- Church instrument - ORGAN, used 83 times
- Church recesses - APSES, used 79 times
- Map feature - INSET, used 64 times
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