Geographical name that comes from Old English for "East Saxons" Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Geographical name that comes from Old English for 'East Saxons' last seen in New York Times puzzle. 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 ESSEX.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ESSEX Geographical name that comes from Old English for 'East Saxons' (5) New York Times Aug 24, 2017
6% ANGLO ___ -Saxon (5) LA Times Mini Oct 19, 2025
5% DDR Inits. for the old East Germany (3) New York Times Nov 14, 2025
5% OCELOTS Wild cats whose name comes from Nahuatl (7) New York Times Nov 14, 2025
5% GUINEA Old English coin (6) (6) The Sun Mini Nov 11, 2025
5% TANNER Old name for a sixpence (6) The Times Specialist Nov 10, 2025
5% SUEDE Material whose name comes from the French for "gloves from Sweden" (5) The Atlantic Nov 9, 2025
5% SUSSEX East or West English county? (6) (6) The Guardian Quick Nov 7, 2025
5% EMERGE Come out east and join (6) (6) Mirror Cryptic Nov 3, 2025
5% COR I'm surprised fabulous bird has come from the east (3) The Times Cryptic Oct 28, 2025

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