They may be checked at the door

The answer

IDS

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

Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 5 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.

• AGES (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for IDS

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

• Egos' counterparts - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• Fingers - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• Bouncers check them - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Passports, e.g. - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Psyche parts - used 35 times, most recently in 2023
• Picks out of a lineup - used 28 times, most recently in 2024
• Check-cashing needs - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Dog tags, e.g. - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Driver's licenses, e.g. - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Picks from a lineup - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Driver's lic. et al. - used 16 times, most recently in 2016
• SSNs, e.g. - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Wallet items - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Proofs of age - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Parts of psyches - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
• Bouncers' requests - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
• Passport, license, etc. - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Admission requirements, perhaps - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
• Face cards? - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Tags - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• TSA requests - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Cards with pics - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Cards shown to bouncers - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Driver's lic. and others - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• Proofs of age, for short - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Psyche sections - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Carders' requests - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• Cards at the door - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Psyche components - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Bartender's requests - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• Bouncers ask for them - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Cards in wallets - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Checkpoint requests - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Driver's license and others - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Driver's licenses and such - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Fingers, for short - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Freudian topics - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• Nametags, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Relatives of egos. - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Roadblock requests - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• What bouncers check - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Cards - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Driver's lic. and such - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Fingers, briefly - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• Picks out of a lineup, for short - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Proof-of-age items, for short - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Puts a name to - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Some cards and tags - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• They're checked at bars - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• They're checked at the door - used 6 times, most recently in 2014

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• In the past - AGO, used 1,064 times
• In the style of - ALA, used 784 times
• Under the weather - ILL, used 536 times
• "___ the season ..." - TIS, used 398 times
• To the ___ degree - NTH, used 389 times
• In the manner of - ALA, used 367 times

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