Historically, a senior member of a local council next in rank to the mayor Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Historically, a senior member of a local council next in rank to the mayor featured in Times Specialist puzzle on January 12, 2026. 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 8 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is ALDERMAN.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ALDERMAN Historically, a senior member of a local council next in rank to the mayor (8) The Times Specialist Jan 12, 2026
5% FILE Rank and ___ (regular members) (4)
5% TRENT Site of a historic council (5) New York Times Dec 31, 2025
5% DOYEN Senior member (5) Puzzler Backwords Dec 8, 2025
5% ELDER Senior group member (5) The Times Concise Dec 1, 2025
4% ABUT Be next to (4) Commuter Jan 12, 2026
4% NAMESAKE Junior, to Senior (8) Wall Street Journal Jan 12, 2026
4% SEED Tournament ranking (4) Wall Street Journal Jan 12, 2026
4% RATE Assign a ranking to (4) Commuter Jan 10, 2026
4% ERA Historic period (3) Universal Jan 8, 2026

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