"China Beach" setting

The answer

NAM

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

Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• DANANG (3 uses in xd)

Other clues for NAM

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

• "Platoon" setting - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
• '60s war zone - used 61 times, most recently in 2025
• "Platoon" setting, briefly - used 31 times, most recently in 2024
• "Platoon" locale - used 29 times, most recently in 2023
• "Miss Saigon" setting - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
• "Platoon" setting, for short - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• '60s hot spot - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
• "Miss Saigon" setting, briefly - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• '60s conflict site - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• "Apocalypse Now" setting - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
• Viet ___ - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• '60s war zone, briefly - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• '60s war zone, for short - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• '60s war zone, informally - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Manufacturers' group. - used 8 times, most recently in 1961
• "Platoon" war zone - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• '60s service site - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• '70s war zone - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• "Apocalypse Now" setting, briefly - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• SE Asian war - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Where many vets served - used 6 times, most recently in 2014

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.

• Chairman of China - MAO, used 44 times
• "Cheers" setting - BAR, used 38 times
• Radius setting - ARM, used 35 times
• Calif. clock setting - PST, used 34 times
• L.A. clock setting - PST, used 31 times
• Retina setting - EYE, used 28 times

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