Counterfeiter catcher

The answer

TMAN

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Used 19 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for TMAN

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

• Fed - used 69 times, most recently in 2021
• Govt. agent - used 55 times, most recently in 2015
• IRS agent - used 22 times, most recently in 2023
• Eliot Ness, e.g. - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Fed. agent - used 16 times, most recently in 2013
• IRS enforcer - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
• Counterfeiter's nemesis - used 12 times, most recently in 2013
• Federal agent - used 12 times, most recently in 2014
• Government agent - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Revenuer - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• IRS employee - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• Certain Fed - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• D.C. agent - used 8 times, most recently in 1996
• Treasury agent. - used 8 times, most recently in 1979
• Counterfeiter's foe - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Eliot Ness, for one - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Ness, notably - used 6 times, most recently in 2013

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.

• Mouse catcher - TRAP, used 49 times
• Fly catcher - MITT, used 34 times
• Catcher's catcher - MITT, used 20 times
• Lobster catcher - TRAP, used 15 times
• Counterfeiter catchers - TMEN, used 13 times
• Hall of Fame catcher Carlton - FISK, used 11 times

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