Calif. force
The crossword clue "Calif. force" is answered by LAPD, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LAPD
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LAPD answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for LAPD
Every other clue in this collection answered by LAPD, most used first.
- "Dragnet" org. - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
- Sgt. Friday's force - used 17 times, most recently in 2019
- Sgt. Friday's employer - used 12 times, most recently in 2012
- Friday's org. - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- "Dragnet" force, briefly - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Lt. Columbo's employer - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Sgt. Friday's org. - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- SoCal force - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- W. Coast force - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- Unit of force - DYNE, used 242 times
- Force - DINT, used 119 times
- Military force - ARMY, used 74 times
- ___ Alto, Calif. - PALO, used 68 times
- ___ Valley, Calif. - SIMI, used 54 times
- Fighting force - ARMY, used 53 times
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