Former U.S. capital
The crossword clue "Former U.S. capital" is answered by NYC, a 3-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1999. 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
NYC
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NYC answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for NYC
Every other clue in this collection answered by NYC, most used first.
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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.
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