Lowest-ranking NCO
The crossword clue "Lowest-ranking NCO" is answered by CPL, a 3-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2002. 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
CPL
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CPL answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for CPL
Every other clue in this collection answered by CPL, most used first.
- Mil. rank - used 13 times, most recently in 2018
- Sgt.'s subordinate - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- An NCO - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Rank below Sgt. - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- PFC's superior - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Sgt.'s underling - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- NCO - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
- Pvt.'s superior - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Sgt.'s inferior - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- Certain NCO - SGT, used 22 times
- NCO - SGT, used 18 times
- Army NCO - SGT, used 15 times
- Lowest sudoku number - ONE, used 12 times
- An NCO - SGT, used 11 times
- NCO part - NON, used 11 times
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