Answer: MAJOR
MAJOR is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 120 times.
Referring Clues:
- *"Catch-22" character
 - Captain's superior
 - ___ medical
 - Kind of party
 - Business Administration or English Lit, e.g.
 - Blair's predecessor
 - Kind of key
 - See 53-Across
 - Declaration of education
 - Prominent
 - The Masters or British Open, e.g.
 - Student's declaration
 - Huge
 - See 3-Down
 - Paramount
 - Barbara or Bowes
 - College field of study
 - Houlihan's rank on "M*A*S*H"
 - Academic focus
 - Rank for "Hot Lips"
 - Blair is his heir
 - Very important
 - Hot Lips Houlihan's rank
 - Collegian's selection
 - Houlihan's rank, on "M*A*S*H"
 - Principal field of study
 - Thatcher's successor
 - Significant
 - College choice
 - Rank below lieutenant colonel
 - College declaration
 - Collegian's focus
 - Gold oak leaf wearer
 - Computer science, e.g.
 - Military bigwig
 - Student's choice
 - Army officer
 - Highly significant
 - Colonel's subordinate
 - ''Hot Lips'' Houlihan's rank
 - Student's selection
 - Military rank
 - Collegian's declaration
 - Key designation
 - College student's field of study
 - Collegian's decision
 - Baseball league designation
 - Rank between captain and lieutenant colonel
 - College concentration
 - Student choice
 - Student's focus
 - "Hot Lips" Houlihan's rank
 - Important
 - Pre-Blair P.M.
 - Of great import
 - The U.S. Open or the Masters
 - League designation for 46-Across
 - College study
 - Notable
 - Course of study
 - Army rank
 - Collegian's choice
 - Primary study
 - Main course of study
 - Main field of study
 - Of prime importance
 - Of primary importance
 - Primary course of study
 - Considerable
 - Principal
 - Part of MLB
 - Big-time
 - Education declaration
 - Biology or English
 - ___ leagues
 - Signifi-cant
 - College student's choice
 - Collegian's focus subject
 - College student's concentration
 - Winchester's rank on "M*A*S*H"
 - Like some keys
 - Primary field of study
 - Sizable
 - On a grand scale
 - Epic
 - Big
 - Academic declaration
 - Lowest field rank
 - Army officer with rank
 - The main course?
 - Sophomore's choice
 - The Masters or The Open
 - College student's declaration
 - Big-league
 - Thatcher-Blair link
 - Not at all trivial
 - The Masters, as tournaments go
 - Collegian's specialty
 - See 39-Down
 - MLB part
 - College focus
 - Like some parties
 - Hoople's rank
 - See 8-Down
 - Collegian's field of study
 - Minor? No
 - One of four on the annual tennis calendar
 - Bowes, e.g.
 - Collegian's concentration
 - The Masters, e.g.
 - Something a college junior has that a freshman usually doesn't
 - Collegian's principal study
 - College specialty
 - Serious
 - Collegiate focus
 - Undergraduate's declaration
 - Opposite of minor
 - Rank achieved by Jay Gatsby in "The Great Gatsby"
 - College student's focus
 - The French Open or Wimbledon
 
Last Seen In:
- USA Today - August 19, 2025
 - USA Today - March 13, 2025
 - New York Times - February 26, 2025
 - LA Times - July 02, 2024
 - USA Today - March 26, 2024
 - LA Times - February 25, 2024
 - LA Times - January 02, 2023
 - LA Times - March 30, 2022
 - New York Times - July 05, 2021
 - LA Times - June 06, 2021
 - LA Times - May 19, 2021
 - USA Today - January 11, 2021
 - USA Today - December 15, 2020
 - Netword - October 06, 2020
 - USA Today - October 01, 2020
 - Netword - September 09, 2020
 - New York Times - June 26, 2019
 - USA Today - May 03, 2019
 - Netword - March 10, 2019
 - LA Times - November 29, 2018
 
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