Nixon defense secretary
The crossword clue "Nixon defense secretary" is answered by LAIRD, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2007; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LAIRD
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LAIRD answer page.
Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2007; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for LAIRD
Every other clue in this collection answered by LAIRD, most used first.
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- Scottish estate owner - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Nixon's Secretary of Defense - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Defense secretary under Nixon - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
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