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The answer

SIC

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

Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SIC

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

• [Not my mistake] - used 83 times, most recently in 2026
• [Not my error] - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
• Attack command - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• As written - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Thus. - used 32 times, most recently in 2009
• Thus: Lat. - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
• Bracketed word - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ semper tyrannis" - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Attack word - used 20 times, most recently in 2017
• "Attack, dog!" - used 15 times, most recently in 2021
• "___ 'em!" - used 13 times, most recently in 2020
• Command to an attack dog - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• [Not my spelling] - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Oft-bracketed word - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
• [Uncorrected] - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
• "___ transit . . . " - used 12 times, most recently in 1988
• __ transit gloria mundi - used 11 times, most recently in 2013
• Error indicator - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• "Attack!," to Rover - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Attack word to a dog - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• "__ 'em, Fido!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Dog command - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• [Intentionally so written] - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Order to attack, with "on" - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Thus: Latin. - used 7 times, most recently in 1969
• "__ 'em, Rover!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Error acknowledgment - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Often-bracketed bit of Latin - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

Related clues

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• ___-quoted - OFT, used 15 times

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