Defense arm
The crossword clue "Defense arm" is answered by NAVY, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2009; first recorded in 1970. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NAVY
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NAVY answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2009; first recorded in 1970. It appears in 2 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.
- AIRFORCE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for NAVY
Every other clue in this collection answered by NAVY, most used first.
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- Blue hue - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Dark blue - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Blue shade - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Dark shade of blue - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Dark blue shade - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Almost black - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
- Army's football rival - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Admiral's employer - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Blue. - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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