Private's boss

The answer

SARGE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SARGE answer page.

Used 18 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 1 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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• SERGEANT (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for SARGE

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

• Beetle Bailey's boss - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• "Beetle Bailey" character - used 28 times, most recently in 2018
• Noncom nickname - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Snorkel, to Beetle Bailey - used 11 times, most recently in 2010
• Beetle's boss - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• Boot camp nickname - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Looie's subordinate - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Military nickname - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Noncom. - used 9 times, most recently in 2004
• Barracks boss - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• NCO nickname - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Nickname for a noncom - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Looie's underling - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• NCO - used 7 times, most recently in 2007

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.

• Note from the boss - SEEME, used 37 times
• Blitzen's boss - SANTA, used 27 times
• Dancer's boss - SANTA, used 20 times
• Cockpit boss - PILOT, used 15 times
• Message from the boss - SEEME, used 14 times
• Flintstone's boss - SLATE, used 13 times

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