Police dept. rank
The crossword clue "Police dept. rank" is answered by SGT, a 3-letter entry. Used 14 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SGT
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SGT answer page.
Used 14 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- INSP (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for SGT
Every other clue in this collection answered by SGT, most used first.
- Cpl.'s superior - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
- Pvt.'s superior - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- "___ Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Rank above cpl. - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Mil. rank - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- N.C.O. - used 23 times, most recently in 1982
- ___ Pepper - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
- Certain NCO - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- LAPD rank - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
- NCO - used 18 times, most recently in 2022
- PD rank - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- USMC rank - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Army NCO - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- NYPD rank - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Boot camp VIP - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Cpl.'s boss - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Noncom - used 12 times, most recently in 2000
- Pepper, e.g. - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- An NCO - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
- Corp.'s superior - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Mil. officer - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Pvt.'s boss - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- The Beatles' ___ Pepper - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- NCO rank - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- P.D. rank - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- U.S. Army E-5 - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Pepper, for one - 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.
- USN rank - ENS, used 130 times
- Nav. rank - ENS, used 129 times
- Police officer - COP, used 98 times
- Cabinet dept. - AGR, used 74 times
- USN rank - CPO, used 39 times
- Police alert, for short - APB, used 31 times
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