Govt. branch
The crossword clue "Govt. branch" is answered by DEPT, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1988. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DEPT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DEPT answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1988. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for DEPT
Every other clue in this collection answered by DEPT, most used first.
- Cabinet div. - used 16 times, most recently in 2019
- Corp. division - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Univ. division - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Gov. division - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Branch of govt. - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Pt. of USDA - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
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