Home secretary succeeded by Douglas Hurd in 1985 Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Home secretary succeeded by Douglas Hurd in 1985 last seen in Times Specialist Sunday 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 12 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is LEON BRITTAN.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% LEON BRITTAN Home secretary succeeded by Douglas Hurd in 1985 (12) The Times Specialist Sunday Jan 5, 2020
5% IOM Douglas's dependency (abbr.) (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Sep 3, 2025
5% HURD Douglas -, Conservative MP for Witney from 1983-97; Home Secretary from 1985-89 (4) (4) Mirror Quiz Aug 31, 2025
5% REPLACED Succeeded (8) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Aug 17, 2025
5% YVETTE ___- Cooper, Home Secretary (6) (6)
5% FRANKCARLUCCI He succeeded Weinberger as Reagan's Defense secretary (13)
4% SURNAME Farmer say succeeded spreading manure (7) (7) The Sun Two Speed Sep 11, 2025
4% GEKKO Douglas's "Wall Street" role (5) Wall Street Journal Sep 6, 2025
4% YARDIE Measure that is succeeding to find Caribbean crook (6) The Telegraph Cryptic Sep 4, 2025
4% POSSESS Have sheriff's gangs succeeded? (7) The Times Quick Cryptic Sep 2, 2025

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