The Clue
U.S.S.R. successor (3 letter answer)
The Answer
CIS
Tags
Notes
The answer CIS is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 650 puzzles.
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Definition
CIS as a noun:
1. (Commonwealth of Independent States, CIS) = an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991
CI as a noun:
1. (curie, Ci) = a unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 37,000,000,000 disintegrations per second