Clues for the word "PRIOR"
We've had 106 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 319 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on August 18, 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
- Abbey figure
Last Seen In
- New York Times - August 18, 2026
- Mirror Mini - July 25, 2026
- Mirror Mini - July 20, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - July 15, 2026
- Daily American - July 13, 2026
- LA Times - July 12, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - June 24, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - June 19, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - June 10, 2026
- LA Times - May 31, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - May 25, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - May 22, 2026
- Mirror Daily - May 19, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - May 05, 2026
- LA Times - April 27, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - April 14, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - April 06, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - March 02, 2026
- 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
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