The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word MAYOR which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1990.
Public official crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| MAYOR | 33 % | 5 |
| ALDERMAN | 22 % | 8 |
| MAGISTRATE | 11 % | 10 |
| JUDGE | 11 % | 5 |
| CORONER | 11 % | 7 |
| NOTARY | 11 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Public official
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- public servant
- politician
- officeholder
- public figure
- governmental
- politican
- bureaucrat
- public service
- public sector
- council member
- civil servant
- government
Crossword Answer definitions
MAYOR noun- The chief executive of the municipal government of a city, borough, &c., formerly usually appointed as a caretaker by European royal courts but now usually appointed or elected locally.
- Short for mayor of the palace, the royal stewards of the Frankish Empire.
- Synonym of mair, various former officials in the Kingdom of Scotland.
- A member of a city council.
- A high justice, an important judge.
- A largely ceremonial position in some municipal governments that presides over the city council while a contracted city manager holds actual executive power.
- A local VIP, a muckamuck or big shot reckoned to lead some local group.
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 MAYOR
- Rudy and Ed, once
- Joe Quimby on "The Simpsons"
- Offical in 41 Across
- Ed Koch's book
- City official
- La Guardia, once
- Boston boss, for example
- Oakland's is Jerry Brown
- Borough boss
- Houston honcho, e.g.
More clues leading to the result ALDERMAN
- Local legislator
- Town council member
- Mr. Cute's title: Dickens' The Chimes.
- "In shape no bigger than an agate stone. On the forefinger of an ___.”
- Municipal officer.
- City official.
- Town official.
- Municipal office.
- Public official.
- City legislator.
More clues leading to the result MAGISTRATE
- Judicial officer
- Legal administrator
- Civil officer.
- Public official.
- Justice of the peace
- Minor judge
- Police court figure
More clues leading to the result JUDGE
- "Law & Order" figure
- Bench player?
- He tries
- Arbitrate
- Science-fair figure
- Bench warmer?
- Court figure
- Magistrate
- Estimate
- One who's often trying
More clues leading to the result CORONER
- Alternative to a medical examiner
- Giver of final exams?
- Inquest official
- One skilled at dead reckoning?
- Homicide official
- Forensic team member
- Investigator of unnatural deaths
- Medical officer.
- Essential character in murder story.
- Official probing unnatural deaths.