"Let me clarify ..."

The answer

IMEAN

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

Used 20 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2017. It appears in 9 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.

• IMEANT (9 uses in xd)
• THATIS (4 uses in xd)
• IMEANTOSAY (1 uses in xd)
• WHATIMEANTWAS (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for IMEAN

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

• "That is to say ..." - used 113 times, most recently in 2026
• Clarifying words - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
• "In other words . . ." - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• "To clarify ..." - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• "That is ..." - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• "Know what __?" - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Clarification starter - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• "Er ... um ..." - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
• Words of clarification - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Clarifying phrase - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• "Let me rephrase that . . ." - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• "To put it another way ..." - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• "Well ..." - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• "Let me explain . . ." - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• "Let me put it another way..." - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• "___ business!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Clarification lead-in - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• "Er ..." - used 6 times, most recently in 2020

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.

• Let up - ABATE, used 154 times
• Let in - ADMIT, used 109 times
• Let up - EASED, used 91 times
• Take in or let out - ALTER, used 48 times
• Let - ALLOW, used 46 times
• Let - LEASE, used 37 times

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