Former kingdom once ruled by the House of Hohenzollern Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “Former kingdom once ruled by the House of Hohenzollern” from the Washington Post Sunday crossword of May 18, 2025? It has 7 letters. Flip the tiles one at a time, try a hint first, or look through the rest of that puzzle.
Crossword answer
WASHINGTON POST SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2025
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PRUSSIA is the answer to “Former kingdom once ruled by the House of Hohenzollern”.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
A 7-letter answer that starts with P.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: RSPSAUI.
Hint 3 Another clue
It starts with P and ends with A.
More clues from the Washington Post Sunday (May 18, 2025)
Across
- 1. Has to4 letters, starts with MMUST
- 5. Tel ___4 letters, starts with AAVIV
- 9. Ferry destination, at times4 letters, starts with IISLE
- 13. "___ brillig, and the slithy toves" (start of "Jabberwocky")4 letters, starts with TTWAS
- 17. One browsing on a smartphone4 letters, starts with UUSER
- 18. "You do you"4 letters, starts with FFINE
- 19. Make turbid4 letters, starts with RROIL
- 20. Loathe4 letters, starts with HHATE
- 21. Muted brownish-purple color4 letters, starts with PPUCE
- 22. *Tech company subsidiary that employs nanas?11 letters, starts with GGRANNYAPPLE
- 25. Museo display4 letters, starts with AARTE
- 26. Former kingdom once ruled by the House of Hohenzollern7 letters, starts with PPRUSSIA
- 28. Northampton school that's been removed from 22 Across5 letters, starts with SSMITH
- 29. Not at all stimulating7 letters, starts with IINSIPID
- 31. Always found in poems?3 letters, starts with EEER
- 32. Passionate4 letters, starts with AAVID
- 34. "It takes ___ to know ___"3 letters, starts with OONE
- 35. Convention bag, often4 letters, starts with TTOTE
- 36. Green Day trilogy album that followed "¡Uno!" and "¡Dos!"3 letters, starts with TTRE
- 37. Flummoxed9 letters, starts with TTRIPPEDUP
- 40. Historical inflection point9 letters, starts with WWATERSHED
- 42. T-shirts, camisoles, etc.4 letters, starts with TTOPS
- 43. *That woman's pet crustacean?7 letters, starts with HHERCRAB
- 47. Word after first or base4 letters, starts with RRATE
- 48. "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and ___" (Simon and Garfunkel album)5 letters, starts with TTHYME
- 50. The Aztec sun stone, e.g.5 letters, starts with RRELIC
- 51. Southern pie nut5 letters, starts with PPECAN
- 54. Go back6 letters, starts with RRECEDE
- 56. Point of no return7 letters, starts with RRUBICON
- 58. Like the gates associated with Saint Peter6 letters, starts with PPEARLY
- 59. Wedding day exchange4 letters, starts with IIDOS
- 60. Secretive Langley org.3 letters, starts with CCIA
- 62. Chapel Hill sch. that's been removed from 3 Down3 letters, starts with UUNC
- 63. Shade of gray3 letters, starts with AASH
- 65. ___ & the Gang ("Jungle Boogie" band)4 letters, starts with KKOOL
- 66. "The Matrix" FX3 letters, starts with CCGI
- 67. *Actor Hanks when he's making a pledge for himself?13 letters, starts with CCOMMITTINGTOM
- 71. First of the five W's3 letters, starts with WWHO
- 72. Chief of medicine at Sacred Heart Hospital on "Scrubs"5 letters, starts with KKELSO
- 74. Tech co. that utilized DOS3 letters, starts with IIBM
- 75. Romance novelist Huang3 letters, starts with AANA
- 76. "Legends of the Fall" actor Quinn5 letters, starts with AAIDAN
- 78. *Quintessential sulky expression for everyone in an economic system?15 letters, starts with PPOUTOFTHEMARKET
- 84. "Er, absolutely not"4 letters, starts with UUMNO
- 87. "Hotbox" musician Lil ___ X3 letters, starts with NNAS
- 88. Smoked meat, maybe3 letters, starts with HHAM
- 89. Form of deodorant3 letters, starts with GGEL
- 90. "That's how I feel, too"4 letters, starts with SSAME
- 94. "Happy Days" putdown7 letters, starts with SSITONIT
- 96. Ignited anew5 letters, starts with RRELIT
- 98. Let go, as from class7 letters, starts with DDISMISS
- 100. Jazz player, e.g.7 letters, starts with AATHLETE
- 101. Atlanta school that's been removed from 67 Across5 letters, starts with EEMORY
- 102. Paid to join a hand7 letters, starts with AANTEDUP
- 103. Monument Valley landforms5 letters, starts with MMESAS
- 105. Measure of volume5 letters, starts with LLITER
- 107. Wayne, Knight?5 letters, starts with BBRUCE
- 111. Less abundant7 letters, starts with SSCARCER
- 115. Say5 letters, starts with UUTTER
- 120. Strong and healthy6 letters, starts with RROBUST
- 122. Seven-time MLB all-star Alfonso7 letters, starts with SSORIANO
- 123. Cling (to)6 letters, starts with AADHERE
- 124. Airline flying to and from Madrid-Barajas Airport6 letters, starts with IIBERIA
- 125. John who played Colonel Heller in "Bedknobs and Broomsticks"7 letters, starts with EERICSON
- 126. Francis's successor as pope6 letters, starts with LLEOXIV
- 127. Most trifling6 letters, starts with MMEREST
- 128. Sargasso swimmers7 letters, starts with SSEAEELS
- 129. Instruments featured in "California Dreamin'" and "Living in the Past"6 letters, starts with FFLUTES
Down
- 1. "It's time to put on makeup / It's time to dress up right / It's time to raise the curtain on the ___ Show tonight"6 letters, starts with MMUPPET
- 2. Loan shark6 letters, starts with UUSURER
- 3. *Slinky that's meant to keep you safe, say?12 letters, starts with SSECURITYCOIL
- 4. "___ bien" ("Very well," in French)4 letters, starts with TTRES
- 5. Prone to panic6 letters, starts with AAFRAID
- 6. By way of, on itineraries3 letters, starts with VVIA
- 7. Some honeymoon spots4 letters, starts with IINNS
- 8. App for paying friends5 letters, starts with VVENMO
- 9. Throwing a conniption5 letters, starts with IIRATE
- 10. Second-yr. student4 letters, starts with SSOPH
- 11. Body part you may "zip"3 letters, starts with LLIP
- 12. The Mamas & the Papas member Cass6 letters, starts with EELLIOT
- 13. Language of Bangkok4 letters, starts with TTHAI
- 14. *Cause an audience to lose all perspective?12 letters, starts with WWARPTHECROWD
- 15. What to wear6 letters, starts with AATTIRE
- 16. Ranked, as teams6 letters, starts with SSEEDED
- 22. Makes a donation5 letters, starts with GGIVES
- 23. Force balancing yang3 letters, starts with YYIN
- 24. Cross the threshold5 letters, starts with EENTER
- 27. Depleted6 letters, starts with SSAPPED
- 30. Shawl seen in Saltillo6 letters, starts with SSERAPE
- 33. "Oh, I knew that!"3 letters, starts with DDUH
- 35. Total at the bar3 letters, starts with TTAB
- 38. Asian pears, e.g.5 letters, starts with PPOMES
- 39. Ecuador's neighbor4 letters, starts with PPERU
- 40. Home of the Grand Lodge of Texas4 letters, starts with WWACO
- 41. Grilled dish, often5 letters, starts with SSTEAK
- 44. Counter, as a point5 letters, starts with RREBUT
- 45. Eastwood of Hollywood5 letters, starts with CCLINT
- 46. Christina of "Monster"5 letters, starts with RRICCI
- 48. Deceptive act5 letters, starts with TTRICK
- 49. Boundary of shrubs5 letters, starts with HHEDGE
- 52. Hilo hello5 letters, starts with AALOHA
- 53. What toothbrush bristles are made of5 letters, starts with NNYLON
- 55. ___-friendly (green)3 letters, starts with EECO
- 56. Term for tough guys derived from an action film franchise6 letters, starts with RRAMBOS
- 57. "Cut me some slack!"6 letters, starts with NNAGNAG
- 58. Soup in Haiphong3 letters, starts with PPHO
- 61. Apes like parrots?8 letters, starts with IIMITATES
- 64. Gazed upon8 letters, starts with SSTAREDAT
- 67. Dove's sound3 letters, starts with CCOO
- 68. _nternational _onetary _und3 letters, starts with IIMF
- 69. "The Deer Hunter" setting, briefly3 letters, starts with NNAM
- 70. Astronaut Jemison3 letters, starts with MMAE
- 73. Tape-holding cylinder5 letters, starts with SSPOOL
- 77. Follow-up to a knock5 letters, starts with IITSME
- 79. Be a party to a merger5 letters, starts with UUNITE
- 80. "Us and ___" (Pink Floyd song)4 letters, starts with TTHEM
- 81. Saint's ring4 letters, starts with HHALO
- 82. Kuwaiti dignitary4 letters, starts with EEMIR
- 83. "A Fish Called Wanda" Oscar winner Kevin5 letters, starts with KKLINE
- 84. Colo. or Conn. country3 letters, starts with UUSA
- 85. Cambridge sch. that's been removed from 43 Across3 letters, starts with MMIT
- 86. Utmost degree, in math3 letters, starts with NNTH
- 91. Helping hand3 letters, starts with AAID
- 92. East Lansing sch. that's been removed from 14 Down3 letters, starts with MMSU
- 93. Clairvoyance, briefly3 letters, starts with EESP
- 95. Archenemy7 letters, starts with NNEMESIS
- 96. Correct the numbers in a game7 letters, starts with RRESCORE
- 97. Brand in a medicine cabinet7 letters, starts with TTYLENOL
- 99. Flaky pastry7 letters, starts with SSTRUDEL
- 104. Braying mammals5 letters, starts with AASSES
- 106. Smooths, as pants5 letters, starts with IIRONS
- 107. Edge of a sombrero4 letters, starts with BBRIM
- 108. Judge's garment4 letters, starts with RROBE
- 109. Lyft rival4 letters, starts with UUBER
- 110. Medical milestone4 letters, starts with CCURE
- 112. Song in a libretto4 letters, starts with AARIA
- 113. Houston school that's been removed from 78 Across4 letters, starts with RRICE
- 114. "___ closed!"4 letters, starts with CCASE
- 116. You, in Bible verses4 letters, starts with TTHOU
- 117. Bit of screenwriting?4 letters, starts with TTEXT
- 118. Bessie, a.k.a. the Lake ___ Monster4 letters, starts with EERIE
- 119. Cranks (up)4 letters, starts with RREVS
- 121. Parlor pic3 letters, starts with TTAT
- 123. TV ET puppeteered by Paul Fusco3 letters, starts with AALF
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Questions
What is the answer to “Former kingdom once ruled by the House of Hohenzollern”?
PRUSSIA, 7 letters.
When was “Former kingdom once ruled by the House of Hohenzollern” last seen in a crossword?
In the Washington Post Sunday crossword of May 18, 2025.
How many letters does the answer have?
7 letters, starting with P.