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Junior naval officer

Answer: ENSIGN - 6 letters

The crossword clue "Junior naval officer" is answered by ENSIGN, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.

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ENSIGN

ENSIGN

6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ENSIGN answer page.

6Times used
6Distinct years
2021Most recent year
4Publications

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ENSIGN

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

  • Naval officer - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
  • Naval rank - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
  • Banner - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
  • Flag - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
  • Ship's flag - used 7 times, most recently in 2014

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