Secretary of Defense after Cheney Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ASPIN Secretary of Defense after Cheney (5)
3% CHANT "Defense! Defense!," e.g. (5) USA Today Oct 17, 2025
3% POWELL Secretary of State after Albright (6) Eugene Sheffer Sep 27, 2025
3% ANNAN Secretary-general after Boutros-Ghali (5) Wall Street Journal Sep 24, 2025
3% LIZ Cheney of politics (3) New York Times Sep 11, 2025
3% COHEN Clinton's last defense secretary (5) New York Times Aug 1, 2025
3% LESASPIN Dick Cheney's successor as Secretary of Defense (8)
2% APART Secretary after answer right away (5) (5) The Guardian Cryptic Oct 16, 2025
2% DRIVE Be defensive in traffic, e.g. (5) Wall Street Journal Oct 16, 2025
2% THEN "After that ..." (4) Universal Oct 8, 2025
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