By authority of

The answer

PER

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

Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for PER

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

• According to - used 398 times, most recently in 2026
• For each - used 391 times, most recently in 2026
• Apiece - used 229 times, most recently in 2026
• Each - used 204 times, most recently in 2026
• A pop - used 118 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ capita - used 114 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of mph - used 114 times, most recently in 2026
• Pay-___-view - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
• Pricing word - used 69 times, most recently in 2025
• Through - used 68 times, most recently in 2022
• ___ diem - used 65 times, most recently in 2025
• For every - used 58 times, most recently in 2025
• In accordance with - used 54 times, most recently in 2025
• Part of rpm - used 52 times, most recently in 2025
• By means of - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Miles ___ hour - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ annum - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
• Part of mpg - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• The "p" of "mph" - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• "As ___ my last email ... " - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ my last email ..." - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Capita lead-in - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Pay-__-view movie - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• By. - used 26 times, most recently in 2014
• One ___ customer - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of wpm - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ se - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• The "p" in mpg - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• __ capita income - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
• Miles __ gallon - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• On the authority of - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Part of r.p.m. - used 20 times, most recently in 2017
• The "p" of m.p.h. - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of m.p.h. - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• "As ___ your instructions" - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• The "p" in rpm - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• For each one - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Individually - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• The "p" of r.p.m. - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• By order of - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• The "p" in mph - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Unit pricing word - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• The "p" of "rpm" - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Via - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• "As ___ instructions" - used 12 times, most recently in 2018
• RPM part - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• The "p" in m.p.g. - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• The "p" in r.p.m. - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• As ___ usual - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• MPG part - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of kph - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Apportionment word - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• ___ diem worker - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• For one - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• A head - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• "As to" - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Part of w.p.m. - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• The "p" in wpm - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• A shot - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• __ diem (daily) - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Part of K.P.H. - used 7 times, most recently in 2003
• WPM part - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Beats ___ minute - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• MPH part - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of a price - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Price word - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Pricing preposition - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Words ___ minute - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Mil. authority - CMD, used 16 times
• Authority - SAY, used 13 times
• Bridge authority Culbertson - ELY, used 13 times
• Diamond authority - UMP, used 13 times
• Authority on diamonds? - UMP, used 8 times

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