"Um ... pardon me"

The answer

AHEM

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AHEM answer page.

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Polite interruption - used 26 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
• Attention-getting word - used 17 times, most recently in 2008
• "Can I get a word in?" - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
• "May I speak?" - used 16 times, most recently in 2022
• *cough cough* - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• "Don't forget about me" - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• "If I may interrupt ..." - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• "I'm right here, you know" - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• "If I may interject ... " - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• "May I interrupt?" - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• "Pardon . . ." - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• Throaty sound - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Attention-getting noise - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• "Attention, please!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Call for attention - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Interrupter's sound - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• "Did you forget about me?" - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• "I'm right here" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Interjection. - used 8 times, most recently in 1997
• "Sorry to intrude ..." - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Start of a break-in? - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• "Do you mind?" - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• "Psst!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2004
• "Uh ... pardon me" - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• "Excuse me, but ..." - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Faux cough - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• "Sorry to interrupt . . ." - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• "Your attention, please!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• "__ your pardon!" - IBEG, used 43 times
• "I beg your pardon?" - WHAT, used 8 times
• "Pardon the Interruption" channel - ESPN, used 7 times
• "Pardon the Interruption" airer - ESPN, used 6 times

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