Crossword-Solution: DEPUTY 6 letters, 84 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 12

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Deputy n. One appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered
to act for him, in his name or his behalf; a substitute in office; a
lieutenant; a representative; a delegate; a vicegerent; as, the deputy
of a prince, of a sheriff, of a township, etc.
Deputy n. A member of the Chamber of Deputies.

We have 84 clues for the answer “DEPUTY”

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Sheriff's assistant 1 answer
Barney Fife, e.g. 1 answer
Barney Fife, for one 1 answer
Cabinet subordinate 1 answer
Chester Proudfoot of "Gunsmoke" 1 answer
Chester's job in "Gunsmoke" 1 answer
DEPUTATION member 1 answer
Festus, in Gunsmoke 1 answer
Figure who, according to Bob Marley anyway, was not shot by Bob Marley 1 answer
A person who is appointed to undertake duties of superor 1 answer
A person who is appointed to take up the duties of a superior in the superior s absence 1 answer
Sheriff's aide 1 answer
Sheriff's auxiliary 1 answer
Sheriff's helper 1 answer
Sheriff's second 1 answer
Sheriff's sidekick 1 answer
Sheriff's subordinate 1 answer
Sheriff's surrogate 1 answer
Subordinate peace officer 1 answer
A PERSON who is APPOINTED TO UNDERTAKE THE DUTIES OF SUPERIOR IN THE SUPERIOR'S ABSENCE 1 answer
a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others 1 answer
person appointed to act on behalf of another 1 answer
someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies 1 answer
Sheriff's aid. 2 answers
Authorized agent 2 answers
Booking agent? 2 answers
SUBSTITUTE in office 2 answers
Western good guy 2 answers
a person who is appointed to a job or position 2 answers
Posse member 4 answers
Number Two 4 answers
surrogate 4 answers
ALDERMAN 5 answers
Second-in-command 5 answers
locum tenens 6 answers
assignee 7 answers
Second in command 7 answers
Proxy 8 answers
Understudy 8 answers
BADGE SHERIFF AIDE 10 answers
lieutenant 11 answers
AN ASSISTANT OR SUBORDINATE BISHOP OF A DIOCESE 11 answers
SECRETARY 11 answers
depute 12 answers
BADGE WEARER 13 answers
Bailiff 14 answers
Legate 14 answers
commissioner 15 answers
substitution 17 answers
Spokesman 19 answers
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with DEPUTY (5)

Umar Hasan Ahmad al-BASHIR (since 30 June 1989); Deputy Chairman of the Command Council and Deputy Prime Minister Maj.
The 1991 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency. 1992
When his story was concluded, there was much laughter and approbation, particularly from two or three deputy aldermen, who had been asleep the greater part of the time.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Washington Irving 1992
His correspondent announced (writing in the third person—apparently by the hand of a deputy) that he had been unexpectedly summoned to London.
The Moonstone Wilkie Collins 1994
When the great railroad strike occurred, he promptly got himself engaged as deputy-sheriff, and spent a memorable week in Sacramento, where he involved himself in more than one terrible melee with the strikers.
McTeague Frank Norris 2006
One who acts for, or in the place of, another, by authority from him; one intrusted with the business of another; a substitute; a deputy; a factor.
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Noah Webster 1995

Quotes with DEPUTY (3)

This guy sounds like all the bad guys from the last ten years of murder movies all rolled into one. Like he might be the worst of those books you have there. If he was real, and really like that, then I should arrest him, right?” Matthew asked, hoping he could show the boy that he would protect him, and he could tell him the truth now.“No, Deputy. Because he is real, and he is really like that, and you should run.
Dennis Sharpe First Boy
At a national political convention, you have hundreds of people who consider themselves at least as important as the Secretary of Commerce. If it's a Democratic convention, you also have dozens of A-list Hollywood and music celebrities. (If it's a Republican convention, you have Bo Derek.) Also you have swarms of lower-ranking Washington minions with titles like Deputy Assistant to the Associate Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff who are trying to move up the ladder to Deputy As…
Dave Barry I'll Mature When I'm Dead: Dave Barry's Amazing Tales of Adulthood
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others; but that would be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books, else distilled books are like common distilled waters, flashy things. R…
Bacon Francis 1561-1626 Francis
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.

Used 41 times in crossword archives (1961–2025).