Grant permission for

The answer

ALLOW

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALLOW answer page.

Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ALLOW

Every other clue in this collection answered by ALLOW, most used first.

• Permit - used 156 times, most recently in 2026
• Let - used 46 times, most recently in 2025
• Sanction - used 27 times, most recently in 2021
• Give permission - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Give permission for - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Concede - used 22 times, most recently in 2023
• Authorize - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Let happen - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Grant - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Give permission to - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Green-light - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Give the go-ahead - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Give the OK - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• License - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Give the green light - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Tolerate - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Admit - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• O.K. - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Okay - 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.

• Free-for-all - MELEE, used 223 times
• Make up (for) - ATONE, used 192 times
• For all to hear - ALOUD, used 121 times
• Fit for a king - REGAL, used 114 times
• Play for time - STALL, used 113 times
• For the birds? - AVIAN, used 103 times

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