Defense secretary under Nixon
The crossword clue "Defense secretary under Nixon" is answered by LAIRD, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus.
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LAIRD
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Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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- Nixon defense secretary - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
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