Head of empire, a more forbidding Bostonian perhaps Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Head of empire, a more forbidding Bostonian perhaps last seen in Telegraph Cryptic 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 9 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is EASTERNER.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% EASTERNER Head of empire, a more forbidding Bostonian perhaps (9) The Telegraph Cryptic Oct 16, 2015
5% BAN Forbid (3) The Atlantic Nov 6, 2025
5% ICIER More slippery, perhaps (5) Wall Street Journal Oct 25, 2025
4% SULTANS Ottoman Empire leaders (7) USA Today Nov 8, 2025
4% RUDDER Director more impolite about head of department (6) (6) Puzzler Cryptic Nov 7, 2025
4% FAIRER More reasonable fliers heading up, suppressing anger (6) (6) The Guardian Cryptic Nov 7, 2025
4% PERU Cradle of the Inca Empire (4) LA Times Daily Nov 2, 2025
4% ATAMINIMUM Or more (10) New York Times Nov 2, 2025
4% GOTO Head for (4) Newsday Nov 2, 2025
4% AUSTERE Gold trees - terribly forbidding (7) (7) Mirror Cryptic Oct 31, 2025

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