Alert, for short
The crossword clue "Alert, for short" is answered by APB, a 3-letter entry. Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
APB
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the APB answer page.
Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for APB
Every other clue in this collection answered by APB, most used first.
- LAPD alert - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
- PD alert - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- NYPD alert - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Police alert, for short - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- P.D. alert - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Police dept. alert - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Police call letters - used 11 times, most recently in 2009
- BOLO kin - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- NYPD broadcast - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- NYPD call - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- LAPD advisory - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- LAPD broadcast - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Manhunt letters - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Police dispatch, for short - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- SFPD alert - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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- "For __ a jolly good fellow..." - HES, used 155 times
- Life story, for short - BIO, used 140 times
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