Paternity suit evidence

The answer

DNA

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

Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 2010. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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 lab specimen - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
• 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
• 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

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.

• Suit accessory - TIE, used 49 times
• Monkey suit - TUX, used 31 times
• Grafton's "__ for Evidence" - EIS, used 22 times
• Sue Grafton's "___ for Evidence" - EIS, used 21 times
• One in a suit? - ACE, used 19 times
• Color of Santa's suit - RED, used 18 times

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