Office seeker, for short
The crossword clue "Office seeker, for short" is answered by POL, a 3-letter entry. Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
POL
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the POL answer page.
Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for POL
Every other clue in this collection answered by POL, most used first.
- Campaign pro - used 72 times, most recently in 2026
- D.C. figure - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
- D.C. insider - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Party person - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- D.C. dealmaker - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- D.C. type - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Ward heeler - used 14 times, most recently in 2006
- Campaigner, for short - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- D.C. wheeler-dealer - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Officeholder, for short - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Capitol Hill figure - used 10 times, most recently in 2012
- Running pro - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Vote seeker, for short - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
- D.C. denizen - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
- Inside-the-Beltway figure - used 8 times, most recently in 2005
- One running for office, informally - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- D.C. old-timer - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
- D.C. VIP - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Neighbor of Ger. - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Campaign vet - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Career campaigner - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- DC figure - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
- Party pro - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Pork-barreler - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Rep. or Sen. - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Sen. or rep. - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
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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- 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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