Clues for the word "PAPA"
We've had 329 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 1125 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on December 08, 2025.
Definition of papa
- n. - A child's word for father.
- n. - A parish priest in the Greek Church.
Referring Clues
- ___ Bear
- One of the Three Bears
- Bear of literature
- Madonna's "___ Don't Preach"
- Perry Como's "___ Loves Mambo"
- Haydn's sobriquet
- Tot's cry
- A Bear
- John Paul, e.g., to the Italians
- Hemingway's handle
- Family man
- Bishop of Roma
- Family pillar
- Mate of 1-Across
- Daddy
- Role model for a lad
- Mama's partner
- Father
- One wearing the pants in the family?
- One-fourth of a 60's group
- Dad
- Storybook bear
- "___ Was a Rollin' Stone"
- Hemingway sobriquet
- "Come to ___"
- Sobriquet for Haydn
- Term of affection for 37-Across
- Hemingway nickname
- Haiti's ___ Doc
- Sobriquet for singer John Phillips
- P, in a phonetic alphabet
- Nickname for Hemingway
- ___ John's (Domino's competitor)
- Haydn's epithet
- "___ Don't Preach" (#1 hit for Madonna)
- "___ Don't Preach" (1986 Madonna chart-topper)
- "___ Loves Mambo" (Perry Como song)
- Bear whose porridge was too hot
- Bear, in a fairy tale
- Biggest of the three bears
- ___ oom mow mow (doo-wop song lyrics)
- Mama's mate
- Quarter of a '60s pop quartet
- Hemingway or Haydn
- Bearded Smurf
- Ernest Hemingway's nickname
- Hemingway handle
- Denny Doherty, on stage
- John Phillips or Denny Doherty, on stage
- One of the Smurfs
- Biggest of three bears
- Hemingway's moniker
- Bear of a tale
- Nickname for Hemingway or Haydn
- Bear whose chair was too hard
- With 49-Down, Haiti's President for Life, familiarly
- "___ Don't Preach" (Madonna hit)
- Bear in the Goldilocks story
- One of the Berenstain Bears
- Smurf with a white beard
- Sobriquet for Hemingway
- ___ John's (pizza chain)
- "___ Was a Rollin' Stone" (#1 hit for the Temptations)
- "___ Loves Mambo" (Perry Como hit)
- Smurf with a beard
- Mama's man
- Haydn sobriquet
- Bear with a hard chair
- Nickname of Margaux and Mariel's grandfather
- Literary sobriquet
- Smurf elder
- Storied bear
- Bear in a kid's tale
- Smurf patriarch
- P, in radio lingo
- One of the bears
- Mama's spouse
- Haydn nickname
- Largest of the Three Bears
- Family nickname
- One of a storied trio
- Three Bears patriarch
- Smurf leader
- Bear with a big chair
- "___ Was a Rollin' Stone"
- Fairy-tale bear
- Haydn's handle
- What a junior might call a senior
- 542-year-old Smurf
- He was a rolling stone in song
- He was a rollin' stone
- One of three bears
- "___ Was a Rollin' Stone" (1972 hit)
- Famous bear
- A Smurf
- Big-chair bear
- Bear name
- "___ Was a Rollin' Stone" (1972 hit)
- One of Goldilocks' victims
- Madonna begged him not to preach
- Mama loves him
- Biggest bear, of three
- One bear
- Joe, to Ted
- One-fourth of a '60s pop group
- Bear or Hemingway
- Tevye, to Hodel
- Family member, familiarly
- Bear whose bed was too hard
- Nickname for Haydn
- "___ Loves Mambo"
- Baby Bear's dad
- "Come to ___!"
- With 10-Across, sobriquet for Bill O'Reilly used by 39-Across
- Bear with too-hot porridge
- Nickname for Joseph Haydn
- Haydn or Hemingway
- Streisand song addressee
- Young boxers
- Bear in a tale
- The family guy
- Father figure
- Person honored in this puzzle
- Smurf who wore red clothes
- Parent
- With 39 Across, Prime Minister St Laurent
- Bear with a hard bed
- Senior Smurf
- First bear to detect Goldilocks's intrusion
- "___, Can You Hear Me?": song from "Yentl"
- Eddie Fisher's "Oh! My ___"
- Elderly Smurf
- ___ Roach ("Scars" band)
- The old man
- Oscar-Quebec go-between
- Mate for Mama
- One of a bear trio
- Hemingway moniker
- Heming-way nickname
- Mama's other half
- Proud one
- Mama's main man
- Denny Doherty or John Phillips, in a '60s singing group
- Husband of mama
- Household moniker
- Literary nickname
- Family fellow
- Biggest of the Bears
- Oldest Smurf
- With 46-Across his porridge was too hot ,
- Hemingway's nickname
- Respected Smurf
- Letter after Oscar
- Smurfette's old man
- Dear old dad
- The bear with the hard bed
- Old man
- Story book bear
- "___ Was a Rollin' Stone": Temptations hit
- Quebec preceder, to pilots
- Pop
- One of the 44 Across
- He's my daddy
- Male family figure
- Not mama
- Dada
- Haiti's ______ Doc Duvalier
- Bear with the big chair
- Title for conservative pizza magnate John Schnatter
- Family guy
- 41-Down's mate
- Member of a '60s quartet
- Nickname in the family
- Mama's love
- "___ Don't Preach" (#1 Madonna hit)
- Smurf in red
- Haydn's nickname
- ___ John's
- It comes between Oscar and Quebec in the phonetic alphabet
- Mama's husband
- Guy in the NATO phonetic alphabet
- June honoree
- Mama's guy
- Hemingway, for one
- Address of many pizzerias?
- Kid-lit bear
- Judson Laire on "Mama"
- Nickname of Ernest Hemingway
- Famous Bear?
- Sobriquet for food-industry VIP John Schnatter
- Vincent Gardenia, to Cher, in Moonstruck
- *___ John's
- One of three fairy-tale bears
- Leader of the Smurfs
- Bear whose bed was too hard for Goldilocks
- A bear encountered by Goldilocks
- Mama's mate, often
- Bear with a hard bed and chair
- The bearded Smurf
- Rollin' stone, in a Motown classic
- Bear whose chair Goldilocks tries first
- "Goldilocks" bear with the hardest bed
- Man of the house
- Fatherly nickname
- Pizza maker John Schnatter's nickname
- Oscar follower, in communications
- With 57-Across, storied hot-porridge eater
- "Come to ___!" (gambler's cry)
- Who is told "don't preach," in a Madonna hit
- Twice per annum father is seen
- The eldest Smurf
- Twice per annum 12 across is seen
- Man for mama
- Bear whose porridge was deemed too hot
- Head Smurf
- P, in the NATO phonetic alphabet
- Daddy, father or pop
- Code word for the letter P
- He was a "Rolling Stone"
- Carl Weathersby "Come to ___"
- Madonna "___ Don't Preach"
- Comms code for 'P'
- Father of twins?
- Father started packing at half past
- He's twice a father
- Mediocre writing by a follower of Oscar
- Dad's in the top apartment
- Does he go _pop-pop"?
- Dad has twice as much as he needs
- Feature of mum first to attract dad
- Letter before Quebec in the phonetic alphabet
- Certain Bear?
- Bear with a hard chair and bed
- Handle for Haydn
- NATO phonetic alphabet letter after Oscar
- "Father, we have sinned" - last two leaving one of the Orkney Islands
- ___ Smurf
- Bear whose chair was too big, in a fairy tale
- In public address, the dear old chap repeats himself
- 28-Across alternative
- Pizza's John?
- Smurf with a red hat
- Family member, endearingly
- Daddy alternative
- ___ John
- Porridge-eating bear
- Dad's double
- Family member in NATO's phonetic alphabet
- Bear with a too-hard chair
- Fatherly figure
- Mama's hubby
- Pizza magnate "___ John" Schnatter
- Elder Smurf
- Bear with a too-hard bed
- ___ John's Pizza
- With 11-Down, furry fairy-tale father
- A rolling stone
- Biggest bear in "Goldilocks and the Three Bears"
- Bear with a bed that was too hard
- Partner of mama
- Country dad
- Nickname for Dad
- Mate for a mama
- Bear with the too-hard bed
- Smurf with red pants
- The great guy with mama
- Another nickname for Dad
- Letter before Quebec
- Nickname for dad's partner, perhaps
- The old man's at half pace again
- Tevye, to Tzeitel
- Member of the Three Bears
- Mama’s partner
- Nickname for a father
- Family guy's nickname
- Bear in a nursery rhyme
- Bear with hot porridge
- Father's nickname
- Mama’s mate
- Three Bears male
- Oscar follower, in the NATO alphabet
- Letter before Quebec in the NATO alphabet
- Owner of the first bed that Goldilocks tested
- Father's Day VIP
- Fairy tale bear with a hard bed
- Baby's father
- Word before "Bear" or "Smurf"
- Father of twins?
- Guy in the NATO alphabet
- Letter between Oscar and Quebec
- Follower of Oscar in the NATO alphabet
- "___, Can You Hear Me?"
- "___, Can You Hear Me?": "Yentl" song
- Mama's dude in the den with his feet up
- Baseball great Cool ___ Bell
- "Daddy & ___" (2002 documentary)
- "___, Can You Hear Me?" (Oscar-nominated song from "Yentl")
- He repeats himself, yet probably keeps mum
- One of Goldilocks' bears
- Smurf with a red cap
- Another name for Dad
- Mama's fellow
- Family member that's also a letter in the NATO alphabet
- 546-year-old Smurf
- Nickname for dad or for dad's dad
- Oscar, ___, Quebec: NATO sequence
- Gramps alternative
- A member of the Smurfs
- Partner for a mama
- "___ Was a Rollin' Stone" (funk hit with the lyric "All he left us was alone")
- Bear whose porridge was too hot for Goldilocks
- One of three bears in a fairy tale
- One of a bear family
- Dad gives the press photographers a start!
- Bear with a too-big chair
- Smurf with a white beard and red cap
- Big storybook bear
- Father, to a toddler
- Daddy or father
- Grandad's nickname
- Mama's counterpart
- Potato, in Spanish
- Certain Bear or Smurf
- Pater's double start
- Bear with a hard bed and hot porridge
- P, in the NATO alphabet
- Nickname for Haydn or Hemingway
- Owner of a bed deemed too hard
- He was a "rollin' stone," in a Motown classic
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 08, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 07, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 01, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - November 19, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 02, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 28, 2025
- Daily American - October 23, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 20, 2025
- New York Times - October 05, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - October 05, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 04, 2025
- Mirror Mini - September 24, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 21, 2025
- Mirror Mini - September 17, 2025
- New York Times - September 08, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 18, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 09, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 08, 2025
- Daily American - August 06, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 31, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - July 31, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - July 26, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 25, 2025
- LA Times - July 16, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 15, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 14, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - July 12, 2025
- LA Times - July 08, 2025
- New York Times - June 30, 2025
- LA Times - June 22, 2025
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