Police dept. alert
The crossword clue "Police dept. alert" is answered by APB, a 3-letter entry. Used 17 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1982. It appears in 8 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 17 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1982. It appears in 8 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 call letters - used 11 times, most recently in 2009
- Alert, for short - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
- 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
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Police officer - COP, used 98 times
- Cabinet dept. - AGR, used 74 times
- Justice Dept. agency - FBI, used 29 times
- Dept. head - MGR, used 21 times
- Justice Dept. agency - ATF, used 21 times
- Police blotter letters - AKA, used 21 times
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