Polite interruption
The crossword clue "Polite interruption" is answered by AHEM, a 4-letter entry. Used 26 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1967. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
AHEM
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AHEM answer page.
Used 26 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1967. It appears in 9 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 collection link to their own answer page.
- IFIMAY (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for AHEM
Every other clue in this collection answered by AHEM, most used first.
- "Excuse me ..." - used 198 times, most recently in 2026
- Throat-clearing sound - used 180 times, most recently in 2026
- Attention getter - used 111 times, most recently in 2026
- "Pardon me" - used 100 times, most recently in 2026
- "Beg pardon ..." - used 89 times, most recently in 2026
- Throat clearer - used 75 times, most recently in 2025
- Attention-getting sound - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
- "I'm standing right here!" - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- "Um, excuse me" - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- "Uh, excuse me" - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Polite address - MAAM, used 88 times
- Polite fellow - GENT, used 36 times
- Polite term of address - MAAM, used 36 times
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