Professional connections

The answer

INS

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

Used 7 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for INS

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

• ___ and outs - used 193 times, most recently in 2026
• Connections - used 172 times, most recently in 2026
• Officeholders - used 101 times, most recently in 2025
• Electees - used 64 times, most recently in 2025
• Helpful connections - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Election winners - used 51 times, most recently in 2025
• Office holders - used 43 times, most recently in 2014
• Elected ones - used 39 times, most recently in 2013
• They hold power - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Social connections - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Powerful bunch - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
• Elected officials - used 30 times, most recently in 2019
• Those elected - used 30 times, most recently in 2021
• Powerful people - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• November winners - used 25 times, most recently in 2018
• Useful connections - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Helpful contacts - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
• Powers that be - used 23 times, most recently in 2017
• Personal connections - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Shoo-__ (sure things) - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Shoo-___ (sure winners) - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Green card org. - used 14 times, most recently in 2014
• "Walk-___ welcome" - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Incumbents. - used 13 times, most recently in 2007
• Networking connections - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Those with clout - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
• Ones with power - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• ___ and outs (particulars) - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Current administration - used 10 times, most recently in 2009
• DEL neighbor, on a PC - used 10 times, most recently in 2006
• Outs' counterparts - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Shoo-___ - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Ties - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• ___ and outs (intricacies) - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Business connections - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Networking assets - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Playable serves - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Re-election seekers - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Successful candidates - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Write-___ (some nominees) - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Election victors - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
• Measures: Abbr. - used 7 times, most recently in 1973
• Powerful connections - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Shoo-___ (certain winners) - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Those holding office - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Walk-___ (clients sans appointments) - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• ___ and outs (nuances) - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Outs partner - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Outs' opposites - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Powerful group - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Seat holders - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Shoo-__: easy winners - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Sit-___ (protests) - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• French connections - ETS, used 54 times
• Professional charge - FEE, used 32 times
• Professional suffix - IST, used 8 times
• Quebec connections - ETS, used 8 times
• Professional practice - LAW, used 7 times

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