"Excuse me ..."
The crossword clue ""Excuse me ..."" is answered by AHEM, a 4-letter entry. Used 198 times across 34 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 33 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
AHEM
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AHEM answer page.
Used 198 times across 34 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 33 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this pilot link to their own answer page.
- WHAT (10 uses in xd)
- BEGPARDON (6 uses in xd)
- PARDON (6 uses in xd)
- DOYOUMIND (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for AHEM
Every other clue in this pilot answered by AHEM, most used first.
- Throat-clearing sound - used 180 times, most recently in 2026
- "Pardon me" - used 100 times, most recently in 2026
- "Beg pardon ..." - used 89 times, most recently in 2026
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