Old king has heir, a buffoon in charge for a spell Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Old king has heir, a buffoon in charge for a spell . 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 7 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is JOHNSON.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% JOHNSON Old king has heir, a buffoon in charge for a spell (7)
6% NUMSKULL Buffoon (8) Newsday May 22, 2026
6% CLOWN Buffoon (5) Puzzler Backwords Apr 3, 2026
5% HEX Spell (3) Wall Street Journal May 27, 2026
5% ONSLAUGHT Some buffoons laugh, taking charge (9) The Telegraph Cryptic May 7, 2026
5% KIEV Old spelling of Ukraine's capital (4) Universal May 6, 2026
5% SONS Some heirs (4) Eugene Sheffer Apr 28, 2026
5% SON Heir, often (3) Thomas Joseph Apr 24, 2026
5% SCIONS Heirs (6) Eugene Sheffer Mar 31, 2026
5% OAF Buffoon (3) Newsday Mar 27, 2026
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