Sought permission
The crossword clue "Sought permission" is answered by ASKED, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ASKED
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ASKED answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ASKED
Every other clue in this collection answered by ASKED, most used first.
- Inquired - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
- Invited - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
- Queried - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Questioned - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Requested - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Posed a question - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Made inquiries - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Set, as a price - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
- Part of FAQ - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- FAQ part - used 16 times, most recently in 2020
- Popped the question - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- The "A" of FAQ - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Made a request - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Sought answers - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Made an inquiry - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Posed - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Wanted to know - used 9 times, most recently in 2007
- "You __ for it!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Didn't assume - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- "No questions ___" - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Showed curiosity - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Sought information - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Responded, on "Jeopardy!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- "Since you ___ ..." - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Solicited - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
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.
- Permission - LEAVE, used 61 times
- Give permission - ALLOW, used 25 times
- Give permission for - ALLOW, used 25 times
- Permission - SAYSO, used 16 times
- Took without permission - STOLE, used 16 times
- Grant permission for - ALLOW, used 12 times
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