Petty officers
The crossword clue "Petty officers" is answered by YEOMEN, a 6-letter entry. Used 16 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1945. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
YEOMEN
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the YEOMEN answer page.
Used 16 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1945. It appears in 9 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.
- BOSNS (5 uses in xd)
- BOSUNS (3 uses in xd)
- BOATSWAINS (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for YEOMEN
Every other clue in this collection answered by YEOMEN, most used first.
- Naval clerks - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Naval petty officers - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Beefeaters - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
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.
- Naval petty officer - YEOMAN, used 26 times
- Petty tyrant - SATRAP, used 24 times
- Petty officer - YEOMAN, used 19 times
- Petty prince. - SATRAP, used 13 times
- Church officers - ELDERS, used 11 times
- Petty ruler - SATRAP, used 11 times
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