Lt. Columbo's employer
The crossword clue "Lt. Columbo's employer" is answered by LAPD, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 4 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 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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
- Calif. force - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
- "Dragnet" force, briefly - 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.
- Employer - USER, used 74 times
- Employer - BOSS, used 32 times
- Private employer? - ARMY, used 13 times
- Major employer - ARMY, used 10 times
- Prof's employer - UNIV, used 8 times
- Admiral's employer - NAVY, used 6 times
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