JFK's predecessor
The crossword clue "JFK's predecessor" is answered by DDE, a 3-letter entry. Used 66 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 15 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
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DDE
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Used 66 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 15 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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