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First pope to bear the same papal name as the current pope Crossword Clue
Here is the answer for the crossword clue First pope to bear the same papal name as the current pope featured in Wall Street Journal puzzle on November 29, 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 4 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is LEOI.
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| Rank | Answer | Length | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98% | LEOI First pope to bear the same papal name as the current pope | (4) | Wall Street Journal | Nov 29, 2025 |
| 5% | LEO Name of the current pope | (3) | USA Today | Aug 9, 2025 |
| 4% | URBAN Name of eight popes | (5) | New York Times | Nov 1, 2025 |
| 4% | LEOII Pope with the same name as the current one 12 iterations ago | (5) | The Washington Post Mini | Sep 8, 2025 |
| 3% | LEER "Damn with faint praise, assent with civil __": Pope | (4) | Newsday | Nov 29, 2025 |
| 3% | COPE Deal with difficulty (rhymes with "pope") | (4) | ||
| 3% | HIS ___ Holiness the Pope | (3) | ||
| 3% | OPERA Pope dismissing foremost artist's work for stage | (5) | The Times Cryptic | Oct 31, 2025 |
| 3% | PIOUS Apt homophone of a papal name | (5) | Universal | Oct 25, 2025 |
| 3% | CATHOLIC Pope Leo XIV, notably | (8) | Eugene Sheffer | Oct 23, 2025 |
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