Put forward
The crossword clue "Put forward" is answered by ASSERT, a 6-letter entry. Used 20 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ASSERT
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ASSERT answer page.
Used 20 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 12 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.
Other clues for ASSERT
Every other clue in this collection answered by ASSERT, most used first.
- Declare - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
- Maintain - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- State with confidence - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- State confidently - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- State with conviction - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- State positively - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
- State - used 21 times, most recently in 2022
- Claim - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- State strongly - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- State as fact - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Declare with confidence - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Postulate - used 11 times, most recently in 2008
- Affirm - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
- State firmly - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Aver - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Contend - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Put forward as truth - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Say. - used 7 times, most recently in 1985
- State forcefully - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
- Confidently state - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Stand up for (oneself) - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- State as true - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- State categorically - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
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.
- Put away - STORED, used 39 times
- Put under - SEDATE, used 38 times
- Put away - STOWED, used 31 times
- Put up with - ABIDED, used 31 times
- Looks forward to - AWAITS, used 28 times
- Put into words - STATED, used 26 times
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