USN officer

The answer

ENS

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

Used 19 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 7 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.

• CDR (13 uses in xd)
• CMDR (7 uses in xd)
• ADM (5 uses in xd)
• LIEUT (3 uses in xd)
• BLT (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ENS

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

• USNA grad - used 135 times, most recently in 2022
• USN rank - used 130 times, most recently in 2026
• Nav. rank - used 129 times, most recently in 2026
• Type measures - used 72 times, most recently in 2026
• Nav. officer - used 59 times, most recently in 2025
• Printers' measures - used 57 times, most recently in 2019
• Printer's measures - used 55 times, most recently in 2025
• Print measures - used 54 times, most recently in 2025
• Letters. - used 53 times, most recently in 1996
• Print units - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• U.S.N.A. grad - used 51 times, most recently in 2015
• Naval off. - used 49 times, most recently in 2023
• Annapolis grad. - used 45 times, most recently in 2015
• Naval officer: Abbr. - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Recent USNA grad - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Printing measures - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Abstract being - used 26 times, most recently in 1991
• Em halves - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Minnesota twins? - used 25 times, most recently in 2022
• USCG rank - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Half of nine? - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Dash lengths - used 18 times, most recently in 2021
• Letters after ems - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Low USN rank - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Lt.'s subordinate - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Some dashes - used 14 times, most recently in 2019
• Type widths - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
• USCG officer - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• USNA grad's rank - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• USNA graduate - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
• Coast Guard off. - used 13 times, most recently in 2014
• Nav. off. - used 13 times, most recently in 2012
• Printing widths - used 13 times, most recently in 2013
• U.S.N.A. graduate - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• U.S.N. officer - used 13 times, most recently in 2009
• Dash widths - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
• Two of nine? - used 12 times, most recently in 2016
• Capt.'s aide - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
• Printer's widths - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
• Starfleet Academy grad. - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• New USNA grad - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Tennis center? - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Type units - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Cincinnati trio? - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Half ems - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Naval Acad. grad - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Nus to us - used 9 times, most recently in 2010
• Widths of some spaces - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• CPO's superior - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• London has two - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Lt.'s inferior - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Printing spaces - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
• Uncanny trio? - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Jr. naval officer - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• No one has two of them? - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Pair of nines? - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Printers' widths - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
• Half-picas - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Lt.'s inferior, in the Navy - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Nanny has three - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Nanny's trio - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Navy off. - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• One-point Scrabble tiles - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• Print distances - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Print widths - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Some dash lengths - used 6 times, most recently in 2012

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.

• Police officer - COP, used 98 times
• USN officers - LTS, used 44 times
• USN rank - CPO, used 39 times
• USN bigwig - ADM, used 35 times
• Officer - COP, used 22 times
• USN noncom - CPO, used 17 times

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