Next-___ (cutting-edge)

The answer

GEN

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

Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for GEN

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

• ___-X - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Mil. bigwig - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• __-Xer - used 18 times, most recently in 2018
• Lead-in to X, Y or Z - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Mil. rank - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Mil. title - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Col.'s superior - used 12 times, most recently in 2017
• Col.'s boss - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• O.T. book - used 9 times, most recently in 2009
• ___-Xers (boomers' kids) - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Army V.I.P. - used 8 times, most recently in 1993
• First Bible bk. - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Preceder of X, Y or Z - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• ___ Xers (baby boomers' kids) - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• ___ Alpha - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Demographic cohort, for short - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Sgt.'s superior - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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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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• Skirt edge - HEM, used 93 times
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• Cutting tool - SAW, used 52 times
• Edge - LIP, used 50 times
• Outer edge - RIM, used 48 times

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