Cold War initials
The crossword clue "Cold War initials" is answered by USSR, a 4-letter entry. Used 128 times across 26 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
USSR
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the USSR answer page.
Used 128 times across 26 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 14 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.
- SSRS (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for USSR
Every other clue in this collection answered by USSR, most used first.
- "Back in the ___" - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Red letters? - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
- Cold War inits. - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- U.N. member - used 29 times, most recently in 1991
- "Back in the ___" (Beatles song) - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Former UN member - used 28 times, most recently in 2023
- Cold War letters - used 23 times, most recently in 2022
- The Beatles' "Back in the ___" - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Greek god of war - ARES, used 265 times
- War god - ARES, used 261 times
- God of war - ARES, used 210 times
- Greek war god - ARES, used 183 times
- Trojan War hero - AJAX, used 154 times
- Gulf War missile - SCUD, used 130 times
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