Pass officer briefly

The answer to “Pass officer briefly” in the The Times Cryptic crossword is COL — a 3-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Times Cryptic crossword on September 8, 2026, a Tuesday puzzle, at 7-Down. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Pass officer briefly” answer

COL (3 letters)

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What does COL mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of COL is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

When else has “Pass officer briefly” appeared?

The Times Cryptic reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

September 8, 2026 (most recent) → COL. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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