Answer: SWAT
SWAT is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 204 times.
Referring Clues:
- Double or triple, possibly
 - Quite a hit
 - Try for a fly
 - Acronym on some jackets
 - Thwack
 - Kind of team
 - Cuff
 - Hit, as a homer
 - Smack
 - Babe Ruth's "sultanate"
 - Police jacket letters
 - Sultan of ___ (Babe Ruth)
 - Shot block, in hoops-speak
 - Hostage situation acronym
 - Swing at a fly
 - Acronym on a police jacket
 - Whack
 - Hostage crisis group
 - ___ team
 - Hit hard
 - Belt
 - Big blow
 - Big baseball hit
 - Try to hit, as a housefly
 - ___ team (police group)
 - Swing that rips the leather off the ball
 - Go after, as flies
 - Go for, as a fly
 - End of a fly? ... or the start of one?
 - Team letters
 - Smack a skeeter
 - Spank
 - Home run, to Babe Ruth
 - Attack, as a gnat
 - Babe Ruth was its "sultan"
 - Powerful blow
 - Bat a 57-Down
 - Attack a fly
 - Team letters?
 - Fight flies
 - Smack, as a baseball
 - Police team
 - NYPD unit
 - Slap
 - Hit, as a fly
 - Try to flatten a fly
 - Smart blow
 - Hit
 - Flatten a fly
 - Well-struck ball
 - Crushing blow
 - Police jacket acronym
 - Whack, as a fly
 - Police crisis acronym
 - Go after a fly
 - Hit flies?
 - Blow
 - Ruth's "sultanate"
 - Nail, as a fly
 - With 61 Down, repel
 - Fly's undoing
 - Attack, as a fly
 - Heavy blow
 - Specialized police-team acronym
 - Ruth's sultanate
 - Attack flies, perhaps
 - Go after flies
 - Police-team acronym
 - Mighty blow
 - Swing at a mosquito
 - Hit, as a mosquito
 - Hit like Ruth
 - Go after a gnat
 - Acronym on some police jackets
 - Hit the buzzer?
 - Certain crisis team
 - The Sultan of ___ (Ruth's moniker)
 - Elite police team
 - Hit swiftly
 - Hit sharply
 - Sharp blow
 - Hard-hitting team?
 - Letters on some police jackets
 - Smack a fly
 - Specialized police team
 - Ruth, "The Sultan of ___"
 - Babe's sultanate
 - The Babe's sultanate
 - Clock
 - Smack hard
 - Kill flies, in a way
 - Quick hit
 - Elite police squad
 - "The Sultan of ___" (Babe Ruth)
 - Quick smack
 - Team acronym
 - Sacrifice fly?
 - Service charges
 - Sultan of
 - Hostage-rescue acronym
 - Bat a gnat
 - De-bug?
 - Fend off flies
 - Strike
 - Whack sharply
 - The Sultan of ___ (Babe Ruth)
 - Mighty swing
 - Whack
 - Police vest initials
 - Hit at
 - Whack at 9-Across
 - Clobber
 - Clobber
 - Go after, as a fly
 - Strike, as a mosquito
 - Babe Ruth's sultanate?
 - Bat a fly
 - Hit, as a housefly
 - Hit a fly
 - Hit flies
 - Bring down, as a fly
 - ___ team: police crisis unit
 - Do in, as a fly
 - Take a swipe at
 - Big baseball blow
 - Police crisis squad
 - Police crisis unit
 - Performer of high-risk operations
 - Hit with a rolled-up newspaper, maybe
 - Special police team
 - Big hit
 - Do this to a fly
 - Good whack
 - Sultan of ___ (nickname for 15-Across)
 - Police crisis unit acronym
 - Rescue acronym
 - Police team acronym
 - Make like Babe Ruth
 - Wallop
 - Hit a baseball long and far
 - Belt out of the park
 - Try to beat the buzzer?
 - Strong blow
 - Dispatch a fly
 - Type of police team
 - Attempt to debug?
 - Whack with a newspaper, perhaps
 - Strike, as at a mosquito
 - Crisis team acronym
 - Housefly's undoing
 - Sultan of ___: Babe Ruth
 - Babe Ruth, the Sultan of ___
 - With 13 Down, its work may be stunning
 - Smack a baseball
 - Rescue-squad acronym
 - ___ team (police unit)
 - Whack, as a baseball
 - Crush (a fly)
 - Police drama that starred Steve Forrest
 - Blast, as a baseball
 - Blast a fly or baseball
 - Law enforcement jacket letters
 - Major hit
 - Law enforcement "team"
 - Housefly's demise
 - Letters on some bulletproof vests
 - Rescue team acronym
 - Go after, as a mosquito
 - Hit at, as a fly
 - Smash, as flies
 - Hurt a fly
 - Shemar Moore auctioneer
 - Pop flies?
 - Pop a fly?
 - Try to hit
 - Smack, as a fly
 - Hit at insects
 - Big smack
 - Gnat's undoing
 - Hit with a newspaper, say
 - Caps on a protective vest
 - Smack real good
 - Attack on a fly
 - Knock out of the air, perhaps
 - Smack, as a housefly
 - Big bat
 - Deal a crushing blow to?
 - Give a "Whap!"
 - Ruth's sultanate?
 - Law enforcement acronym
 - Whack at a mosquito
 - Smack, as a skeeter
 - Acronym on a protective vest
 - Police force acronym
 - Buzzer beater?
 - Hit like a gnat
 - Hit like a fly
 - Chase a fly, maybe
 - Flatten, as a fly
 - Hit, like a cat toy
 - Smack, like a cat toy
 - Give a thwack
 - Sacrifice a fly?
 - Hit with a smack
 
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - July 26, 2025
 - USA Today - June 19, 2025
 - LA Times - June 02, 2025
 - LA Times - May 23, 2025
 - New York Times - May 18, 2025
 - LA Times - February 23, 2025
 - New York Times - January 08, 2025
 - LA Times - December 17, 2024
 - New York Times - July 23, 2024
 - LA Times - July 09, 2024
 - USA Today - June 25, 2024
 - USA Today - April 30, 2024
 - USA Today - March 04, 2024
 - LA Times - January 01, 2024
 - USA Today - July 17, 2023
 - LA Times - May 22, 2023
 - New York Times - March 27, 2023
 - New York Times - February 19, 2023
 - LA Times - February 12, 2023
 - LA Times - January 24, 2023
 
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