Answer: ELDER
ELDER is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 196 times.
Referring Clues:
- Church V.I.P.
 - Cain vis-a-vis Abel
 - Church officer
 - Presbyter
 - Experienced one
 - Like some statesmen
 - Box ___ (tree)
 - Pliny the ___
 - Church leader
 - Patriarch
 - Church official
 - Mormon leader
 - Influential member of a tribe
 - Venerable one
 - Senior
 - Old-timer
 - One sought for advice
 - Respected one
 - One to respect
 - Council member, maybe
 - Venerated tribal member
 - Grandparent, e.g.
 - Like Esau vis-à-vis Jacob
 - Valued advice-giver
 - Graybeard
 - Advice-giving sort
 - Tribal leader
 - Tree whose berries can be made into wine
 - Octogenarian, for one
 - Communion assistant
 - ___ statesman
 - One to be respected
 - Influential tribesperson
 - Adjective for some statesmen
 - Respected villager
 - Tree with the most rings?
 - Tribal advisor
 - Kind of statesman
 - Big
 - ___ statesman (retired politician)
 - Gerontocrat, e.g.
 - Church VIP
 - Tree with berries used to make wine
 - Like Frank Hardy, vis-à-vis Joe
 - Like a big brother
 - Tree with berries
 - Respected member
 - Revered figure
 - Born first
 - Tribal figure
 - Venerated one
 - Tree of the honeysuckle family
 - Revered one
 - __ statesman
 - Word for a statesman
 - "The Sons of Katie ___" (1965)
 - Senior church official
 - Tribal chief
 - Sort of statesman
 - Respected tribesman
 - Honeysuckle tree
 - Presbyter, e.g.
 - Like one Pliny
 - Mormon title
 - Bush senior, e.g.
 - Someone to respect
 - Like Pliny
 - One with seniority
 - Berry beginning
 - Esau vis-à-vis Jacob
 - Type of statesman
 - ___hostel (Road Scholar group)
 - Person to respect
 - Respected tribe member
 - Adjective for a statesman
 - Venerated tribe member
 - The ___ Wand ("Harry Potter" object)
 - Tribal VIP
 - Pliny the ___ (Roman scholar)
 - Esteemed member
 - Someone with seniority
 - Greybeard
 - Firstborn of two
 - Church dignitary
 - Often-consulted church figure
 - Earlier-born
 - Town leader
 - Clan leader
 - Town official
 - Tribe leader
 - Doyen
 - Berry-bearing shrub
 - Higher-ranking
 - Church figure
 - Wise one, perhaps
 - Authority figure, perhaps
 - Authority figure, perhaps
 - Authority figure, perhaps
 - Certain statesman
 - Preceding generation member
 - Respected figure
 - Like senior statesmen
 - First-born of two
 - Like one's big brother
 - Tribal bigwig
 - Respectable person?
 - "The Sons of Katie ___" (1965 film)
 - Mormon official
 - Black-berried tree
 - Tribal head
 - Higher-up?
 - Respected village figure
 - Born earlier
 - Person of higher rank
 - Tree
 - Its flowers are used in sambuca
 - Senior councillor
 - Mormon V.I.P.
 - Lee ___, first African-American to play in the Masters
 - Synod member
 - Senior member
 - '70s "Laugh-In" regular Ann
 - Poisonous shrub
 - Tree with clusters of dark berries
 - Village V.I.P.
 - Respected source of advice
 - Respected church member
 - Certain church officer
 - Mormon missionary
 - Source for some wines
 - Member of the church community
 - Superior
 - Oldest
 - Village VIP
 - Certain council member
 - Church authority
 - Tribesman with the most pull
 - Descriptor of many statesmen
 - Senior relative
 - Village wise one, often
 - Like Bart, to Lisa or Maggie
 - Sr. compared to Jr.
 - Village leader
 - One starting a story "Back in my day ...," say
 - One knowledgeable on tribal lore
 - Nonvine wine source
 - Mormon priest
 - Tribal V.I.P.
 - Senior Mormon
 - Revered one in a tribe
 - The oldest of the bunch
 - Venerated villager
 - Tribal leader, often
 - Malia, to Sasha
 - Born first of two
 - Venerated tribesman
 - Aged person
 - One to show respect to
 - Person with seniority
 - Wise tribe member
 - Venerable leader
 - Berry source for wine
 - Respected tribal figure
 - Respected one, in many cultures
 - Wise member of a tribe
 - Venerated village leader
 - Venerable sort
 - Ranking member, as in a village
 - Venerated village figure
 - Wise figure in a village
 - Matriarch, for example
 - Many a fluent Lakota speaker
 - Respected person in a tribe
 - Like Prince William vis-à-vis Prince Harry
 - Older community member
 - Respected senior
 - Senior member of a community
 - Respected tribal member
 - Deacon
 - Great-grandparent, say
 - Respected leader
 - Respected community leader
 - Senior community member
 - Honored one
 - Revered senior
 - Like a big sister
 - Revered community member
 - Like one of two Roman Plinys
 - One saying "Back in my day ..."
 - Respected sort
 - "The ___ Scrolls": video game series
 - Respected community member
 - Revered tribal figure
 - Respected predecessor
 - Person who transmits cultural knowledge
 - Senior figure
 
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 - LA Times - June 21, 2024
 - LA Times - February 20, 2024
 - New York Times - November 14, 2023
 - New York Times - October 11, 2023
 - USA Today - August 14, 2023
 
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