Spanish explorer, the first European documented as crossing the Mississippi Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% HERNANDODESOTO Spanish explorer, the first European documented as crossing the Mississippi (14) The Times Specialist Sunday Aug 25, 2019
7% HERNANDO DE SOTO Spanish explorer, the first documented European to cross the Mississippi River (16) The Times Specialist Sunday Dec 19, 2021
6% DESOTO First European to cross the Mississippi (6)
5% ELDORADO The Spanish explorer first to discover old legendary city (8) The Times Quick Cryptic Sep 10, 2025
5% DORA "___ the Explorer" (4) TV Aug 24, 2025
5% YAZOO Mississippi feeder in Mississippi (5) Newsday Aug 8, 2025
5% ESSES Mississippi quartet? (5) Universal Aug 5, 2025
5% PIONEERS First explorers, for example (8) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Jul 12, 2025
5% HERNANDO With 126-Across, first European to cross the Mississippi (8) New York Times Jan 4, 2015
4% SCOTT Explorer or novelist (5) The Telegraph Quick Sep 13, 2025

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