"___ said ..."

The answer

ASI

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ASI answer page.

Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 5 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.

• STATED (28 uses in xd)
• SWORE (18 uses in xd)
• UTTERED (17 uses in xd)
• NUFF (14 uses in xd)
• ORAL (12 uses in xd)

Other clues for ASI

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

• "-- was saying ..." - used 395 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ live and breathe!" - used 121 times, most recently in 2026
• "Do -- say!" - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
• "Just __ suspected!" - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
• "Just ___ thought!" - used 58 times, most recently in 2025
• "___ see it ..." - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ recall ..." - used 32 times, most recently in 2023
• Faulkner's "___ Lay Dying" - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
• "___ was going to St. Ives" - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ Lay Dying" - used 25 times, most recently in 2022
• "Unaccustomed ___ am . . . " - used 25 times, most recently in 2015
• "Do ___ say, not ..." - used 17 times, most recently in 2015
• Do-say connection - used 16 times, most recently in 2013
• Start of a Faulkner title - used 15 times, most recently in 2021
• "___ always say ..." - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• "___ Lay Dying": Faulkner - used 13 times, most recently in 2000
• "Try ___ might ..." - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
• "Just ___ am . . . " - used 12 times, most recently in 1968
• "Do ___ do" - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• "Take me ___ am" - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• "___ was saying ... " (2 wds.) - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Do-do connector - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• "___ understand it..." - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• "It's just ___ thought" - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• "Just ___ suspected!" (2 wds.) - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• "-- said before ..." - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• "Just ___ feared!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ suspected!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2016

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.

• Ewe said it - BAA, used 64 times
• Word said with a salute - SIR, used 12 times
• "He said, __ said" - SHE, used 11 times
• It sells, it's said - SEX, used 9 times
• Like a fox, it's said - SLY, used 9 times
• "__ said it!" - YOU, used 9 times

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