Colonel North who was fired by Dutch

The answer to “Colonel North who was fired by Dutch” in the The Washington Post Mini crossword is OLLIE — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Washington Post Mini crossword on July 22, 2026 at 6-Across. 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.

“Colonel North who was fired by Dutch” answer

OLLIE (5 letters)

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Why the answer is OLLIE

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What does OLLIE mean?

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

When else has “Colonel North who was fired by Dutch” appeared?

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July 22, 2026 (most recent) → OLLIE. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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