Name for an Islamic religious leader rarely heard in the west before 1978 Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Name for an Islamic religious leader rarely heard in the west before 1978 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 9 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is AYATOLLAH.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% AYATOLLAH Name for an Islamic religious leader rarely heard in the west before 1978 (9) The Times Specialist Sunday May 16, 2021
6% ALIF Leader of Islamic worship's focus (4) Newsday Nov 29, 2025
6% IMAM Prayer leader of Islam (4) Puzzler Backwords Sep 25, 2025
5% LUNAR Like the Islamic calendar (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Dec 6, 2025
5% KNELT Before town heard mournful sound, was subservient (5) (5) Puzzler Cryptic Dec 6, 2025
5% SYNOD Religious council (5) LA Times Mini Dec 5, 2025
5% ATHEISM Religious disbelief (7) The Times Concise Dec 5, 2025
5% EAGER Raring to go (5) The Telegraph Plusword Dec 4, 2025
5% ORAL Heard, but not seen (4) New York Times Dec 4, 2025
5% FATWA Islamic decree (5) LA Times Mini Dec 3, 2025

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