Brief rule?

The answer

REG

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

Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

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• GOVT (3 uses in xd)

Other clues for REG

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

• Rule, for short - used 72 times, most recently in 2026
• __ U.S. Pat. Off. - used 26 times, most recently in 2022
• Gas pump abbr. - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• "Andy Capp" cartoonist Smythe - used 19 times, most recently in 2018
• Std. - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
• Bylaw, for short - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Govt. rule - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• On the ___ (often) - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Bylaw, briefly - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Rule, briefly - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Gas pump spec. - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Mil. unit - used 7 times, most recently in 2006

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• Brief moment - SEC, used 79 times
• ___ rule - ASA, used 79 times
• Brief time - SEC, used 54 times
• Rule, in India - RAJ, used 34 times
• Brief drop - DIP, used 33 times

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