Numbers man

The answer

CPA

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CPA answer page.

Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2005; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for CPA

Every other clue in this collection answered by CPA, most used first.

• Tax pro - used 123 times, most recently in 2026
• Tax prep pro - used 78 times, most recently in 2026
• IRS employee - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• IRS form expert - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Busy one in Apr. - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Bean counter, for short - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Tax prep expert - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Balancing pro - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Auditor. - used 21 times, most recently in 2000
• Tax pro, for short - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Expert on IRS forms - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Tax expert, for short - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Apr. workhorse - used 15 times, most recently in 2019
• Auditor, for short - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Book reviewer, for short - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Many an IRS employee - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Number cruncher, for short - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• IRS expert - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Acct. - used 11 times, most recently in 2000
• IRS worker - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Tax season VIP - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Audit maker - used 9 times, most recently in 1991
• Busy pro in Apr. - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Busy worker in Apr. - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• E-file preparer - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• Tax expert - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Tax preparer, for short - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Yr.-end consultant - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
• Audit pro - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Busy person in Apr. - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• H&R Block hiree - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Number cruncher - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Audit rep - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• Books reviewer - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• H&R Block employee - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• I.R.S. employee - used 7 times, most recently in 2002
• Pro filer - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Reviewer of books, for short - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Spring summer, initially - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Tax return pro - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• 1040 pro - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Busy bee in Apr. - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Deduction expert - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Filing asst. - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Financial auditor's designation - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• IRS forms expert - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• IRS hiree - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Nos. person - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Number-crunching pro - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Numbers pro - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• P&L preparer - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
• Returns pro - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Reviewer of books - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Tax expert, briefly - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Tax-time VIP - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Tax whiz, briefly - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

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• "... man ___ mouse?" - ORA, used 155 times
• ___-Magnon man - CRO, used 114 times
• Mamie's man - IKE, used 80 times
• "My man!" - BRO, used 79 times
• Young man - LAD, used 64 times

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