They hold power

The answer

INS

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

Used 39 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

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• ELITES (1 uses in xd)

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
• 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
• Powerful people - used 29 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• "Hold on a ___!" - SEC, used 72 times
• Hold title to - OWN, used 43 times
• Medium power - ESP, used 43 times
• They loop the Loop - ELS, used 36 times
• They: Fr. - ILS, used 35 times
• Hold the deed to - OWN, used 30 times

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