Used spear in former empire (7) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Used spear in former empire (7) featured in Mirror Cryptic puzzle on October 15, 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 7 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is PERSIAN.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% PERSIAN Used spear in former empire (7) (7) Mirror Cryptic Oct 15, 2026
8% INCA In and around a former empire (4) (4) Mirror Cryptic Oct 13, 2026
8% ROMAN Former empire (5) (5) Mirror Quick Sep 29, 2026
8% AGRA Former capital of the Mughal Empire (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Sep 28, 2026
7% ROMNEY Mitt ____, former US politician (6) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 12, 2026
7% PICKLE Spear with a club? (6) Wall Street Journal Sep 29, 2026
7% ASPARAGUS Spears in a garden (9) Universal Sep 18, 2026
7% TRIDENT Neptune's spear (7) Eugene Sheffer Sep 1, 2026
7% IMPALE Spear (6) Puzzler Backwords Jul 7, 2026
6% SUCKITANDSEE Evaluate empirically, in slang (12) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 10, 2026

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Used spear in former empire (7) Crossword Clue
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