Clues for the word "DEAN"
We've had 329 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 830 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on February 16, 2026.
Definition of dean
- n. - A dignitary or presiding officer in certain ecclesiastical and lay bodies; esp., an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop.
- n. - The collegiate officer in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, England, who, besides other duties, has regard to the moral condition of the college.
- n. - The head or presiding officer in the faculty of some colleges or universities.
- n. - A registrar or secretary of the faculty in a department of a college, as in a medical, or theological, or scientific department.
- n. - The chief or senior of a company on occasion of ceremony; as, the dean of the diplomatic corps; -- so called by courtesy.
Referring Clues
- Campus V.I.P.
- University V.I.P.
- Cain of "Lois & Clark"
- He was a "Giant" star
- Senior member
- One with a list
- Campus authority
- Campus figure
- One who makes an admission?
- Old-timer, of sorts
- ___ of admissions
- College appointment
- Church V.I.P.
- Student overseer
- College bigwig
- Martin of "Ten Thousand Bedrooms"
- Rusk in J.F.K.'s cabinet
- Watergate figure
- Person with a list
- Campus bigwig
- Academic figure
- Figure in academia
- One in charge of discipline, maybe
- Rat Pack cohort of Frank
- School appointment
- One with a list?
- Martin of the Rat Pack
- List keeper
- Dizzy of the Gas House Gang
- Unsuccessful candidate in the 2004 primaries
- Longest-running member
- College administrator
- School V.I.P.
- Faculty head
- Recipient of many referrals
- Democratic honcho Howard
- V.I.P. at V.P.I., say
- ___ of students
- Official with a list
- Stockwell of "Gentleman's Agreement"
- Class-conscious figure?
- College official
- One doing school work?
- Moundsman Dizzy or Daffy
- College VIP
- "Rebel Without a Cause" star
- Big man on campus
- One of Frank's "Rat Pack"
- "From the Corner of His Eye" author Koontz
- University bigwig
- Baseball's Dizzy or Daffy
- Wormer in "Animal House," e.g.
- Jerry's "Scared Stiff" costar
- Watergate informant John
- Campus official
- Faculty boss
- Watergate tattletale John
- Rice VIP
- Head of the College of Cardinals
- College official with a list
- College big shot
- Faculty leader
- Big man on campus?
- He was "Dizzy" about baseball
- They're connected by kids
- Wormer of "Animal House," for one
- Collegiate list composer
- Campus VIP
- Collegiate list compiler
- Campus muck-a-muck
- See 7-Down
- Campus authority figure
- University figure
- Academia VIP
- University VIP
- DNC chairman Howard
- College admissions bigwig
- Lyndon's Secretary of State
- Partner of DeLuca
- "Giant" star
- University official
- Rat Pack member
- University position
- Campus honcho
- University honcho
- University list maker
- Rat Pack name
- Jerry's straight man
- Wormer in "Animal House," e.g.
- Rat Pack first name
- University big shot
- Member of the Rat Pack
- Person in charge of admissions
- Frank's Rat Pack buddy
- Member of Frank's "Rat Pack"
- Dizzy, James or Jimmy
- President's underling
- Frank's pal
- First name in the Rat Pack
- Dizzy on the mound
- Watergate figure John
- University administrator
- College exec
- Academic list keeper
- College V.I.P.
- College leader
- Jerry's comedy partner
- James known for playing an 8-Down
- Notable lister
- Wormer in "Animal House," for one
- One in the Rat Pack
- List maker
- Certain disciplinarian
- Overseer of student discipline
- "Giant" actor James
- Sammy's Rat Pack pal
- James of "Rebel ..."
- Segway inventor Kamen
- Baseball's Dizzy ___
- Dizzy of baseball
- Law school VIP
- Actor McDermott, also known as Mr. Tori Spelling
- 2004 presidential also-ran who went out with a scream
- College head
- Temple leader?
- "East of Eden" actor James
- List-making administrator
- Jerry's longtime partner
- College boss
- James or Howard
- School VIP
- College list maintainer
- Campus chief
- Campus appointment
- "Giant" lead
- Boss on a campus
- Priest, or river in British Columbia
- College bigwig with a list
- Frat's nemesis, maybe
- Academic overseer
- [See 101-Across]
- Bigwig about campus
- Actor Cain
- Head of a college
- Dizzy of Cooperstown
- Singer who sold sausage
- High-ranking school official
- Educator with an elite list
- Novelist Koontz
- Wormer of "Animal House," e.g.
- Admissions honcho
- Head of the faculty
- School official
- College adviser
- One with a list on campus
- Admissions VIP
- Legendary pitcher Dizzy
- Rat Pack crooner ___ Martin
- Rusk or Martin
- Longest-serving member
- Vassar VIP
- Superman portrayer Cain
- Campus big wheel
- Mr. Martin
- Bigwig on campus
- College faculty head
- Martin or Jones
- Campus list keeper
- Singer ___ Martin
- Graduation V.I.P.
- University head
- Graduation ceremony V.I.P.
- Cooperstown's dizzy
- Campus head
- Liberty leader?
- Temple authority
- Travelmate in "On the Road"
- Duke bigwig
- Administrative title
- School overseer
- Professorial overseer
- Campus advisor
- "Giant" star James
- "People-powered Howard" of 2004
- Newspaper V.I.P. Baquet
- Former secretary of state Rusk
- Leader with a .edu address
- "Rebel Without a Cause" star James
- Academic leader in NBC's "Community"
- Richard Anderson of "MacGyver"
- A "supernatural" brother
- Sausage purveyor Jimmy
- Faculty bigwig
- College overseer
- James, Jimmy or John
- Jimmy on sausage labels
- Jimmy with the sausages
- One who might expel a student
- Singers Jan and____
- ___ of faculty
- Earliest-joining member
- Dizzy in Cooperstown
- Admissions post
- Eldest member of an organization
- College person with a "list"
- "Giant" actor
- Actor Stockwell
- Mr. Rusk
- Torvil's partner
- College campus bigwig
- "People-Powered Howard"
- Jimmy of sausage
- College campus leader
- One with a sought-after list
- STP guitarist DeLeo
- Rat Pack crooner Martin
- DeLeo of STP
- Cathedral chapter head
- DeLeo of Stone Temple Pilots
- Senior academic administrator
- "Surf City" Jan & ___
- "Surf City" Jan and ___
- James referenced in "Cadillac Ranch"
- Torvill's ice dancing partner
- Clergyman
- One at the head of a chapter, perhaps
- Cleric rejecting company of cleric
- 15 characters in Pride and Prejudice
- Chaldean cleric?
- A college fellow such as Christopher or James!
- Good man shattered in a grenade explosion
- Cleric from Aden?
- College member without a study
- One good enough to have a chapter all to himself?
- Chapter head in Pride and Prejudice
- Church or college dignitary
- Clergyman protects one in retreat
- Swift Nellie?
- Senior church official
- Ecclesiastical 1 across?
- Study occupied by a fellow at college
- Seen from a wide angle, he's a good man
- James or Jimmy follower
- Pasteur was one at the University of Lille
- Faculty-meeting presider, maybe
- Collegiate bigwig
- List keeper in academe
- Official at Oberlin
- Rebel actor, James ___
- Study occupied by a faculty boss
- Mr. Jones
- Ice dancer showing article in study
- Put article in study for college official
- Study occupied by a senior clergyman
- Grand old man
- Cain or Stockwell
- Sam's brother on "Supernatural"
- University faculty head
- Churchman
- College honcho
- Jan & ___
- Mr Martin, the cathedral clergyman
- Appointment at an institute
- Student body overseer
- See 18 Across
- Singer Jimmy or actor James
- Admissions office honcho
- Cain or Martin
- Faculty figure
- University administrator: cleric
- Actor James or singer Jimmy
- Admissions office figure
- Senior priest
- Academic bigwig
- Appointment on a campus
- Leader with a dot-edu address
- College higher-up
- Ivory tower bigwig
- Lucy Diggs Slowe served as one at Howard University
- Has he a chapter to himself?
- Student leader?
- Campus leader
- Basketball Hall of Fame coach Smith
- Head of the class?
- List keeper in college?
- He may have a chapter to himself
- Admissions executive
- Academia figure
- Actor Martin
- College admissions official
- Priest
- College executive
- Community college official
- Cleric who went to Dixie
- College figure with a list
- Dizzy or James
- Chaldean churchman?
- Good name for a college administrator?
- Andean cleric?
- School administrator
- Chaldean cleric?
- "MacGyver" actor Richard ___ Anderson
- Big-time university official
- School official who reports to a chancellor or a provost
- Major college official
- Academic VIP
- Chair's superior
- Sylvia Rivera Law Project founder Spade
- Provost's colleague
- Leader with an .edu address
- Many a diploma signer
- Administrator with a list
- Member of the clergy
- Cleric from Aden?
- School honcho
- Official at Oberlin, e.g.
- Jagger or Jones
- Norris of "Breaking Bad"
- One good enough to have a chapter all to himself?
- Campus figure with a "list"
- Author Koontz
- Temple official
- College campus head
- Apt name for a college official
- Actor Jones
- Official who reports to a president
- James of "Giant"
- Academic administrator with a list
- Leader whose address ends with .edu
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 16, 2026
- LA Times - February 05, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 24, 2026
- LA Times - January 20, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 16, 2026
- Your Life Choices - December 14, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - December 04, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 04, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - November 30, 2025
- New York Times - November 06, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 21, 2025
- Daily American - October 14, 2025
- LA Times - September 24, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 18, 2025
- Mirror Mini - September 10, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - September 09, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - August 04, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 01, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - July 26, 2025
- Your Life Choices - July 25, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 03, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 30, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - May 29, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - May 25, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 18, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 17, 2025
- Your Life Choices - May 16, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 10, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 30, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 29, 2025
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