Bishop's deputy
The crossword clue "Bishop's deputy" is answered by VICAR, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2009. 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
VICAR
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the VICAR answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for VICAR
Every other clue in this collection answered by VICAR, most used first.
- Parish priest - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
- Church official - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Parish leader - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Bishop's assistant - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
- Clergyman - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
- Goldsmith's "The ___ of Wakefield" - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- "The ___ of Wakefield" - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
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.
- Bishop's hat - MITER, used 40 times
- Deputy - AGENT, used 30 times
- Bishop's headdress - MITER, used 29 times
- Bishop's topper - MITER, used 23 times
- Bishop's headdress - MITRE, used 14 times
- British bishop's headdress - MITRE, used 9 times
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