Clues for the word "PRIOR"
We've had 105 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 301 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Quick crossword on January 23, 2026.
Definition of prior
- a. - Preceding in the order of time; former; antecedent; anterior; previous; as, a prior discovery; prior obligation; -- used elliptically in cases like the following: he lived alone [in the time] prior to his marriage.
- a. - The superior of a priory, and next below an abbot in dignity.
Referring Clues
- Former
- Rap sheet listing
- Police record entry
- Before, with "to"
- Earlier
- Abbey biggie
- Blotch on one's record
- Rap sheet entry
- Preceding in time
- Rap sheet info
- Rap sheet item
- Previous arrest
- Record listing
- Rap sheet datum
- Record blemish
- Earlier conviction
- Earlier offense
- Monastic head
- Happening earlier
- At an earlier time
- Monastic officer
- Part of a criminal record
- Part of a perp's record
- Previous
- Monastery man
- Abbot's underling
- Before (with "to")
- Conviction, maybe
- Abbot's junior
- Abovementioned
- Monastery title
- Preceding in order
- Beforehand
- Rap-sheet entry
- Monastic leader
- Monastic leaader
- Anterior
- Monastery officer
- Police record listing
- Rank below abbot
- Earlier in time (with "to")
- Earlier in time (with"to")
- Preceding
- Something that's on the record?
- ___ to (before)
- Poet Matthew buried in Westminster Abbey
- Aforementioned
- Old conviction
- Previous arrest, on a rap sheet
- Antecedent
- Earlier in time
- Rap-sheet blemish
- English poet Matthew
- Before
- Previous head of a religious community
- Previous conviction, informally
- Head of a religious order
- Former - cleric
- Earlier in time
- Religiously, he's always earlier
- He's very good at taking precedence
- Previous - religious leader
- In earlier times, a good man
- Coming before a superior
- Good man, formerly capital in public relations
- Before or after electoral method number one?
- High ranking person in monastery
- Like some commitments
- Clergyman - earlier
- Preceding Big Brother
- Former head of a religious community
- Clergyman
- A good man always coming first
- Monastery figure ranked below an abbot
- Order chief to be earlier
- Religious official's reasoning in case of A1
- Former deputy at Abbey
- Previous rip-off associated with gold
- Previous deputy head in monastery
- Earlier convent not completed
- Previous head of a house of friars
- Previous abbot's deputy
- One assisting abbot earlier
- Allegedly nosey sort of churchman
- Type of knowledge
- Without ___ notice (all of a sudden)
- Previous, preceding
- Earlier head of religious house
- Late - or earlier
- Before now
- Rap sheet detail
- Religiously, he's comparatively early
- Does being earlier make him superior?
- He's good, being earlier
- Cleric sharing a house with a Yankee
- ___ commitment
- Record component
- Abbot's subordinate
- Opposite of subsequent
- Something that might lengthen a sentence?
- "I have a ___ commitment"
- Like some obligations
- Monastic foreman?
- In the past
- Like some knowledge and commitments
Last Seen In
- Daily Quick - January 23, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - December 12, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - December 01, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 09, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 03, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - October 23, 2025
- Daily Quick - October 17, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - October 15, 2025
- Daily Quick - October 13, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 29, 2025
- LA Times - September 28, 2025
- Your Life Choices - September 22, 2025
- Daily Quick - August 31, 2025
- LA Times - August 21, 2025
- Mirror Mini - July 24, 2025
- Mirror Mini - July 19, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - July 18, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - July 16, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 14, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - July 07, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - June 30, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - June 12, 2025
- LA Times - June 01, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 18, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 15, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 13, 2025
- Daily Quick - February 26, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - February 09, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 30, 2025
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