Clues for the word "PRIMATE"
We've had 36 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 55 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New Zealand Herald crossword on August 18, 2025.
Definition of primate
- a. - The chief ecclesiastic in a national church; one who presides over other bishops in a province; an archbishop.
- a. - One of the Primates.
Referring Clues
- Man or mandrill
- Man, for one
- Man, e.g.
- Anthropoid
- Subject of evolutionary study
- Episcopal leader
- Gibbon or gorilla
- Man or monkey
- Ape, e.g.
- Human, for one
- Mandrill, for one
- Person, e.g.
- Gorilla or lemur
- Man is one, so is a monkey
- Ape or chimp
- Archbishop
- Ape
- Ape - cleric
- Church leader bound to punch head
- Thomas Becket? Proper troublemaker!
- Ape - archbishop?
- Model left part-time involvement with church dignitary
- Religious teaching many found in head (of Church)
- Archbishop - monkey, perhaps
- Paul's maintained by drivel, going ape
- Gorilla seen with a crook?
- Monkey, eg
- Ape or monkey
- Archbishop, for instance
- Dined after stiffly formal archbishop
- Any of us could be archbishop
- Pastoral leader with a mitre, perhaps
- Lemur, e.g.
- Lemur or gorilla
- Orang, for instance
- Mammal like a human or ape
Last Seen In
- New Zealand Herald - August 18, 2025
- Daily American - August 10, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - June 30, 2025
- Your Life Choices - June 16, 2025
- Daily American - February 20, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - May 24, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - April 09, 2024
- Daily American - August 10, 2023
- Your Life Choices - June 05, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - April 07, 2023
- Daily American - February 20, 2023
- USA Today - November 29, 2022
- Evening Standard Quick - July 22, 2022
- Mirror Quick - January 29, 2018
- Mirror Quick - October 16, 2017
- Daily American - August 10, 2017
- Mindfood Daily - August 05, 2017
- Mirror Quick - July 03, 2017
- USA Today - June 22, 2017
- Daily American - February 20, 2017
- Evening Standard Quick - August 17, 2016
- Evening Standard Quick - August 09, 2016
- New York Times - June 17, 2016
- Netword - September 04, 2015
- New York Times - August 23, 2015
- Guardian Cryptic - December 26, 2014
- Guardian Quick - October 02, 2014
- Guardian Speedy - December 23, 2012
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 14, 2012
- Guardian Quick - February 16, 2012
- And in 25 more crossword puzzles...