One of the USA’s four major sports leagues, founded in 1946 Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue One of the USA’s four major sports leagues, founded in 1946 last seen in Times Specialist Sunday puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 3 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is NBA.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% NBA One of the USA’s four major sports leagues, founded in 1946 (3) The Times Specialist Sunday Nov 1, 2020
72% ALLIANCE League sport needing no introduction (8) The Times Cryptic Nov 17, 2025
69% SQUASHCOURT Four-WALL sports venue (11) Newsday Nov 9, 2025
66% JUDO Sport founded by Kan Jigor (4) Wall Street Journal Nov 13, 2025
66% BEATLE One of the Fab Four (6) Universal Oct 22, 2025
66% REC __ league (3) Commuter Oct 22, 2025
66% CAREERGRANDSLAM Golfing achievement in which one wins each of the four majors (15) USA Today Oct 19, 2025
66% BASE One of a four on a diamond (4) Universal Oct 1, 2025
66% BORN "__ in the USA" (4) Commuter Sep 6, 2025
63% UNCLESAM USA personified (8) The Telegraph Quick Nov 22, 2025

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