Answer: SGT
SGT is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 215 times.
Referring Clues:
- Lt. hopeful
 - ___ Heath of Philo Vance mysteries
 - Bilko's rank: Abbr.
 - Cpl.'s superior
 - Pepper, e.g.
 - ___ Maj.
 - Pvt.'s boss
 - ___ pepper
 - One who gives orders: Abbr.
 - York, for one: Abbr.
 - Three-striper: Abbr.
 - Pepper, for one
 - One involved with drilling: Abbr.
 - Snorkel, e.g.: Abbr.
 - Base leader?: Abbr.
 - ___ Friday
 - Driller: Abbr.
 - O'Rourke, e.g., of "F Troop": Abbr.
 - Driller on base: Abbr.
 - *Friday ... York ... Pepper
 - N.Y.P.D. figure
 - Friday, e.g.: Abbr.
 - P.D. rank
 - Police dept. rank
 - ___ Snorkel
 - Company leader: Abbr.
 - Police rank: Abbr.
 - ___ Snorkel of the funnies
 - Rank below warrant officer: Abbr.
 - "___ Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
 - Last Army rank of 39-Across: Abbr.
 - Badge holder: Abbr.
 - York, e.g.: Abbr.
 - Private instructor: Abbr.
 - Towser, e.g., in "Catch-22": Abbr.
 - Army N.C.O.
 - Three-striper (abbr.)
 - Snorkel's rank (abbr.)
 - Certain NCO
 - Friday's rank (abbr.)
 - Snorkel, for one (abbr.)
 - Friday or Bilko (abbr.)
 - Abbr. before Friday
 - Pepper or Snorkel (abbr.)
 - Bilko, e.g.
 - York's rank (abbr.)
 - NCO on a drill
 - Friday's rank in the LAPD
 - Mil. rank
 - Three-striped NCO
 - NYPD rank
 - USMC rank
 - Bilko or Friday
 - Friday of the L.A.P.D., e.g.
 - Corp.'s superior
 - Warrant officer's inferior: Abbr.
 - Abbr. that can follow master or staff
 - ___ Hulka ("Stripes" role)
 - Rank above cpl.
 - "Ten-hut!" yeller: Abbr.
 - Gunnery ___ (USMC rank)
 - USMC noncom
 - ___ Maj. (top-ranked USMC noncom)
 - DI, usually
 - Snorkel's rank in "Beetle Bailey": Abbr.
 - Army fig.
 - Slaughter in pro wrestling, for short
 - Middling mil. rank
 - Pepper, e.g.: Abbr.
 - U.S. Army E-5
 - LAPD rank
 - Friday, for one: Abbr.
 - Bilko, e.g.: Abbr.
 - An NCO
 - Drill boss: Abbr.
 - Drill off.
 - Co. leader
 - Drilling off.
 - Pvt.'s superior
 - Army NCO
 - Lt.'s subordinate
 - York or Pepper (Abbr.)
 - Boot camp VIP
 - Heroic York's rank, briefly
 - Base leader, briefly
 - The Beatles' Pepper, briefly
 - York or O'Rourke, briefly
 - Snorkel or Pepper, briefly
 - Platoon ldr.
 - Police rank (abbr.)
 - Army drill instructor: Abbr.
 - "Gunnery" off.
 - One may demand attention: Abbr.
 - Certain driller: Abbr.
 - Friday was one: Abbr.
 - NCO rank
 - Driller?: Abbr.
 - Bilko or Friday: Abbr.
 - Drill instructor's rank, often: Abbr.
 - Pepper's rank: Abbr.
 - Army off.
 - Bilko or Snorkel, e.g.
 - York's title: Abbr.
 - Three-chevron NCO
 - Preston's RCMP rank
 - Snorkel or York
 - Pepper on a platter
 - The Beatles' ___ Pepper
 - Friday's rank: Abbr.
 - Friday or Pepper: abbr.
 - Bilko's mil. rank
 - PD rank
 - Certain 113 Across
 - Pvt. driller
 - Barracks off
 - E-5: Abbr.
 - Pepper or Bilko, e.g.
 - Base coach?: Abbr.
 - Police or mil. officer
 - March VIP?
 - USMC NCO
 - Mil. officer
 - Capt.'s inferior
 - U.S.A.F. officer
 - Mil. bigwig
 - LAPD title
 - Staff ___: Abbr.
 - ___ Rock (war-themed DC Comics character)
 - Friday preceder: Abbr.
 - RCMP rank
 - U.S. Army E-5, briefly
 - York was one: abbr.
 - Cpl. outranker
 - Company honcho: Abbr.
 - NCO with three chevrons
 - Cpl.'s boss
 - Marines NCO
 - Barracks VIP
 - Army driller's designation: Abbr.
 - Tripp's rank on "CSI: Miami": Abbr.
 - Snorkel or York (abbr.)
 - USAF NCO
 - Snorkel's rank in "Beetle Bailey" (abbr.)
 - Camp driller: Abbr.
 - Noncom
 - Army fig. who knows the drill?
 - Pepper or Snorkel: Abbr.
 - Snorkel or Pepper (Abbr.)
 - Friday is one: Abbr.
 - SFPD title
 - Pepper's title: Abbr.
 - Pepper on an album cover
 - P.D. person
 - Short noncom?
 - Friday's "Dragnet" rank (abbr.)
 - Carter of classic TV
 - Cav. member
 - Three-stripe soldier: Abbr.
 - Snorkel, in "Beetle Bailey": Abbr.
 - Squad leader: Abbr.
 - Pepper, for one: Abbr.
 - Private's superior: Abbr.
 - U.S. Army rank
 - Mil. figure
 - NCO in the 35-Down
 - One NCO
 - Bilko's rank (Abbr.)
 - Mil. three-striper
 - Friday, on old TV: Abbr.
 - Army rank: abbr.
 - Top nco
 - Specialist's superior: Abbr.
 - Sergeant: abbr.
 - SFPD rank
 - "Law & Order: SVU" rank
 - NCO
 - Slaughter's rank
 - Squad cmdr.
 - Abbr. on a Beatles album drum
 - PFC's superior
 - Driller in R.O.T.C., maybe: Abbr.
 - Marine Corps NCO
 - Beatles title character ___ Pepper
 - Military abbr. on a Beatles album
 - Mil. driller
 - Drill master: Abbr.
 - Rank for Jay Landsman on "The Wire": Abbr.
 - ___ Friday (main role on "Dragnet"): Abbr.
 - One of the 34 Down: Abbr.
 - "___ Pepper" (Beatles album, for short)
 - Mil. title in a Beatles song
 - NCO with chevrons
 - Drill leader: Abbr.
 - Police dept. member
 - Drill instructor, often: Abbr.
 - Nick Fury's original rank (Abbr.)
 - USMC designation
 - Bilko or Pepper: Abbr.
 - Many a drill instructor: Abbr.
 - One crying "Hup, two, three, four!": Abbr.
 - Ice-T's "SVU" rank
 - The Beatles' Pepper, e.g.: Abbr.
 - Waters' rank in "A Soldier's Story" (Abbr.)
 - Pepper or Friday: Abbr.
 - Lt.'s underling
 - Mil. noncom
 - Lowish mil. rank
 - Police title: Abbr.
 - Pepper introduced in the 1960s: Abbr.
 - Rank above corporal (Abbr.)
 - Three-striper in the Army: Abbr.
 - Command ___ Maj. (onetime rank for Tim Walz)
 - Pvt. trainer
 - Army rank above cpl.
 - Title of a Beatles song?
 
Last Seen In:
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 - USA Today - June 11, 2025
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 - New York Times - October 30, 2024
 - New York Times - September 19, 2024
 - New York Times - July 30, 2024
 - LA Times - July 23, 2024
 - USA Today - June 03, 2024
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 - USA Today - February 08, 2024
 - New York Times - November 03, 2023
 - LA Times - October 21, 2023
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 - New York Times - July 20, 2023
 - New York Times - July 01, 2023
 - New York Times - May 01, 2023
 
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