Clues for the word "VICEROY"
We've had 18 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 24 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on April 29, 2026.
Definition of viceroy
- prep. - The governor of a country or province who rules in the name of the sovereign with regal authority, as the king's substitute; as, the viceroy of India.
- prep. - A large and handsome American butterfly (Basilarchia, / Limenitis, archippus). Its wings are orange-red, with black lines along the nervures and a row of white spots along the outer margins. The larvae feed on willow, poplar, and apple trees.
Referring Clues
- Sovereign's representative
- Christopher Columbus, in the Indies
- Appointee of 43-Down
- Appointed ruler
- Orange butterfly
- King's deputy
- Sovereign's deputy
- Title for Columbus, in the Indies
- Provincial sovereign
- Monarch look-alike
- Colonial ruler
- Showy butterfly
- British ruler in India, for one
- Monarch's plenipotentiary - American butterfly, like (but smaller than) a monarch
- Bigwig's name for a stand-in
- Governor ruling in name of sovereign
- Governmental title of two chaps out East
- Deputy ruler of men out East
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 29, 2026
- Daily American - May 03, 2024
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - August 14, 2017
- USA Today - March 01, 2016
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 04, 2016
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - December 25, 2015
- Guardian Quick - April 18, 2015
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - February 27, 2013
- USA Today - April 08, 2011
- Universal - April 05, 2011
- New York Times - January 29, 2011
- Thinks Daily - October 03, 2010
- New York Times - July 19, 2009
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - September 23, 2008
- New York Times - May 18, 2008
- Universal - February 18, 2008
- Thinks Daily - October 03, 2007
- LA Times - May 27, 2007
- Guardian Quick - March 30, 2007
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 16, 2006
- Washington Post - July 31, 2005
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - March 19, 2005
- Washington Post - February 24, 2005
- Washington Post - February 05, 2005