| 2026-06-01 | Leo XIV, for one |
| 2025-11-10 | Leader with a Swiss Guard detail |
| 2025-06-01 | Leader of the world's smallest country |
| 2025-03-15 | Poet who wrote "To err is human; to forgive, divine" |
| 2024-08-20 | Major in mass communication? |
| 2023-12-24 | Midnight Mass leader |
| 2023-04-19 | Leader of the world's smallest nation ("An Essay on Man") |
| 2022-12-20 | Title for Paul, Gregory or Francis |
| 2022-01-31 | "Is the ___ Catholic?" |
| 2021-10-31 | See captain? |
| 2021-01-20 | Peter or Paul, but not Mary |
| 2020-09-28 | Head of the Holy See |
| 2020-05-10 | One whose job prospects go up in smoke? |
| 2020-03-07 | One of seven in 14th-century Avignon |
| 2019-12-19 | Person whose Twitter handle is @Pontifex |
| 2019-08-04 | User of the Twitter handle @Pontifex |
| 2019-04-06 | Innocent, perhaps |
| 2018-10-03 | Alexander who wrote "The Dunciad" |
| 2018-05-09 | Vatican V.I.P. |
| 2018-03-01 | Leader in white |
| 2017-01-19 | Word before or after Alexander |
| 2015-11-13 | Vicar of Christ, more familiarly |
| 2015-09-16 | John or Paul, but not Ringo |
| 2014-05-14 | Historic resignee of 2013 |
| 2014-02-26 | World leader with an eponymous "mobile" |
| 2013-10-01 | St. Peter was the first |
| 2013-05-02 | Francis, for one |
| 2013-03-01 | Source of the line "Hope springs eternal ..." |
| 2012-12-16 | One of five Nicholases |
| 2012-10-02 | John, Paul or John Paul |
| 2011-10-02 | "Pastorals" poet |
| 2011-03-24 | Writer who popularized the saying "To err is human, to forgive divine" |
| 2010-08-20 | Venerated visitor |
| 2009-08-26 | Wearer of a triple tiara |
| 2009-01-29 | The Swiss Guards guard him |
| 2009-01-16 | Poet who wrote "Hope springs eternal in the human breast" |
| 2008-11-18 | Bishop of Rome |
| 2008-09-10 | Successor of St. Peter |
| 2008-04-17 | Ring of the Fisherman wearer |
| 2006-03-19 | Poet who wrote "To err is human …" |
| 2005-01-09 | Wearer of a famous ring |
| 2004-12-07 | Bishop of Rome |
| 2004-10-23 | Castel Gandolfo resident |
| 2003-08-21 | "An Essay on Criticism" essayist |
| 2003-07-11 | Tiara wearer |
| 2002-10-24 | St. Peter was the first |
| 2002-05-31 | "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread" writer |
| 2001-09-11 | It can precede or follow Alexander |
| 2001-04-11 | The Swiss Guards guard him |
| 2001-02-22 | "An Essay on Criticism" writer |
| 2000-08-27 | Swift contemporary |
| 2000-08-17 | Bishop of Rome |
| 2000-04-02 | John or Paul but not George or Ringo |
| 1999-08-31 | John Paul II, e.g. |
| 1999-08-29 | "The Dunciad" poet |
| 1999-08-23 | Bishop of Rome |
| 1999-01-11 | St. Peter's Square figure |
| 1997-11-30 | Innocent, e.g. |
| 1997-11-25 | "Essay on Man" author |
| 1997-07-20 | "Windsor Forest" poet |
| 1997-01-22 | Vicar of Christ |
| 1996-12-10 | Pontiff |
| 1996-05-12 | John, Paul or John Paul |
| 1994-12-12 | John Paul, e.g. |