Conservative shortly to become cleric (5) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Conservative shortly to become cleric (5) featured in Puzzler Cryptic puzzle on September 9, 2025. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is CANON.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% CANON Conservative shortly to become cleric (5) (5) Puzzler Cryptic Sep 9, 2025
6% CLOSEDCIRCUIT Type of TV studio cleric condemned, following Conservative's lead (13) The Times Quick Cryptic Sep 13, 2025
6% TORY Conservative (4) (4) Mirror Classic Sep 13, 2025
6% INASEC Shortly (6) Eugene Sheffer Sep 6, 2025
6% SOON Shortly (4) Thomas Joseph Sep 4, 2025
6% LOCUM Stand-in medic or cleric (5) The Times Specialist Sep 1, 2025
6% ALB Cleric's tunic (3) Eugene Sheffer Aug 28, 2025
6% SYNOD Clerical assembly (5) The Telegraph Mini Aug 8, 2025
6% RECTOR Parish cleric (6) Newsday Aug 7, 2025
6% IMAM Muslim cleric (4) Newsday Aug 3, 2025

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