The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word POLICEMAN , but the solution may also be CONSTABLE which is one of the most recent solution (1987 in New York Times).
Protector of the public crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| POLICEMAN | 20 % | 9 |
| DETECTIVE | 20 % | 9 |
| PATROLMAN | 20 % | 9 |
| CONSTABLE | 20 % | 9 |
| FBIMAN | 20 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Protector of the public
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- police officer
- law enforcement
- policeman
- trooper
- buzzer
- uniform
- obs
- sweeney
- shield
- harman
- jacket
- armed police
Crossword Answer definitions
POLICEMAN noun- One who enforces.
- The member of a group, especially of a gang, charged with keeping dissident members obedient.
- A player tasked with physically intimidating or confronting the opposition.
- A member of a police force, especially one who is male.
- A glass rod capped at one end with rubber, used in a chemistry laboratory for gravimetric analysis.
- Any skipper of the genus Coeliades.
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 POLICEMAN
- Perp picker-upper
- Speeder stopper
- Starsky or Hutch
- Cop
- Worker with a whistle
- His "lot is not a happy one.”
- Gendarme.
- He may have a beat
- Protector of the public
- COPPER
More clues leading to the result DETECTIVE
- DICK
- PI
- "Shamus"
- Queen, for one
- Tracy?
- 29-Down's job
- Spade or Marlowe
- Private investigator
- Whodunit hero
- Member of the police department.
More clues leading to the result PATROLMAN
More clues leading to the result CONSTABLE
- Copper
- Furniture in a prison?
- <
> - Inmate dining section?
- British officer
- "The law," in many small towns.
- English artist.
- Policeman.
- English landscapist: 1776–1837
- Painter of "Fog Over Scotland Yard"?