J.F.K.'s predecessor
The crossword clue "J.F.K.'s predecessor" is answered by DDE, a 3-letter entry. Used 22 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1978. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
DDE
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DDE answer page.
Used 22 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1978. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for DDE
Every other clue in this collection answered by DDE, most used first.
- Presidential monogram - used 68 times, most recently in 2023
- JFK's predecessor - used 66 times, most recently in 2025
- Ike's initials - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Ike's monogram - used 47 times, most recently in 2022
- HST's successor - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- JFK predecessor - used 34 times, most recently in 2024
- Presidential initials - used 24 times, most recently in 2023
- ETO commander - used 22 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.
- CIA predecessor - OSS, used 105 times
- DDE's predecessor - HST, used 33 times
- C.I.A. predecessor - OSS, used 28 times
- NRC predecessor - AEC, used 28 times
- DDE predecessor - HST, used 25 times
- Jack's predecessor - IKE, used 22 times
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