The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word EMIR which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2021.
Mideast leader crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EMIR | 67 % | 4 |
| ASSAD | 14 % | 5 |
| AMIR | 5 % | 4 |
| SHAH | 5 % | 4 |
| ALIF | 5 % | 4 |
| AMEER | 5 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Mideast leader
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- sheik
- emir
- ayatollah
- sultan
- sharif
- ghulam
- admiral
- sultanate
- caliph
- iea
- khedive
- taliban
Crossword Answer definitions
EMIR noun- A prince, commander or other leader or ruler in an Islamic nation.
- A descendant of the prophet Muhammad.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result EMIR
- Arab VIP
- Arab bigwig
- Bedouin bigwig
- Middle East prince
- Mideast biggie
- Mideastern ruler
- Turkish title
- Arab prince
- Arabic chief
- Bedouin chief
More clues leading to the result ASSAD
- Syria's Hafez al-___
- Syria's Hafez al-__
- Syrian leader
- Noted chemical weapon user
- Damascus dictator
- Mideast political dynasty name
- Syria's president
- Syrian presidential name
- Big name in Syria
- Longtime Syrian leader
More clues leading to the result AMIR
- Top Turk
- Eastern chieftain
- Mideast bigwig
- Mideast chieftain
- Mideast ruler
- Turkish title
- Arab chieftain
- Arabian prince
- "Abdul Abulbul __"
- "Abdul the Bulbul __"
More clues leading to the result SHAH
- Ayatollah predecessor
- Former Iranian ruler
- Onetime Iranian ruler
- Onetime ruler of 23A
- Bygone ruler
- Walton of Wal-Mart
- Monarch until 1979
- Ruler with a palace in Tehran, once
- ___ mat (Arabic phrase meaning "the king is defeated" that led to the word "checkmate")
- Jahan's title
More clues leading to the result ALIF
- Arabic alphabet starter
- Arabic letter
- Arabic "A"
- Arabic leader
- First Arabic letter
- A, in Arabic
- "A" in Tunisia
- How Arafat gets started?
- Initial Arabic letter
- Arabic high mark?