Criminal patterns, for short

The answer

MOS

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

Used 10 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for MOS

Every other clue in this collection answered by MOS, most used first.

• Calendar pgs. - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Cal. pages - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
• Yr. parts - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Rapper ___ Def - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Jan. and Feb. - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Yr. divisions - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Wks. and wks. - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
• ___ Def - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Hip-hop's ___ Def - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Nov. and Dec. - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Aug. and Sept. - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Parts of yrs. - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Cal. divisions - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Calendar divs. - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Calendar pp. - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Jan. and Dec. - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Perps' patterns - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Rapper/actor ___ Def - 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.

• For each - PER, used 391 times
• "For shame!" - TSK, used 208 times
• Back muscle, for short - LAT, used 189 times
• Tit for ___ - TAT, used 189 times
• "For __ a jolly good fellow..." - HES, used 155 times
• Life story, for short - BIO, used 140 times

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