Crime lab specimen

The answer

DNA

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

Used 13 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2010. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• BULLET (1 uses in xd)
• DNASAMPLE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for DNA

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

• "CSI" evidence - used 155 times, most recently in 2026
• Genetic stuff - used 121 times, most recently in 2026
• Genetic letters - used 97 times, most recently in 2026
• Genetic material - used 90 times, most recently in 2026
• Double-helix molecule - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
• Crime lab evidence - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• "CSI" find - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Chain letters? - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
• Genetic initials - used 31 times, most recently in 2016
• Genetic ID - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Genetic molecule - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Modern-day evidence - used 23 times, most recently in 2015
• Some forensic evidence - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Kind of fingerprint - used 17 times, most recently in 2018
• Chromosome component - used 16 times, most recently in 2015
• Forensic evidence - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Some crime evidence - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Genetic identifier - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Crime lab sample - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Double helix stuff - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Crime scene evidence - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Double-helix material - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Gene material - used 13 times, most recently in 2020
• Highly reliable evidence - used 13 times, most recently in 2013
• Some trial evidence - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Carrier of genetic info - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Genetic evidence - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• High-tech "fingerprint" - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Kind of test - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Paternity identifier - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Crime lab material - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Genetic helix - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Genetic info carrier - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Paternity test material - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Evidence type - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• Forensic science tool - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Modern courtroom evidence - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Paternity suit evidence - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• Forensic ID - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Gene stuff - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Gene's ID - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• High-tech ID - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• Modern evidence - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Strands in a cell? - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• 23andMe sample - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• 23andMe stuff - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Genetic code carrier - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Genetic code letters - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Genetic strands - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Test material - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• 23andMe material - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Cloning material - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Double helix - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• It makes you you - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Recombinant letters - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• __ testing - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Biological identifier - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Code carrier - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Code of life - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Crime lab evidence, briefly - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• CSI stuff - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Forensic tool - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Kind of fingerprinting - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• ___ lab - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Type of evidence - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• What identical twins have in common - used 6 times, most recently in 2011

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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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• Eggs in a lab - OVA, used 37 times
• Lab maze runner - RAT, used 33 times
• Lab subj. - SCI, used 26 times
• Photo lab abbr. - ENL, used 18 times

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