Be a stickler
The crossword clue "Be a stickler" is answered by INSIST, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
INSIST
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the INSIST answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for INSIST
Every other clue in this collection answered by INSIST, most used first.
- Demand - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Refuse to yield - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Stand firm - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Refuse to take no for an answer - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Be emphatic - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
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.
- Stickler - PURIST, used 7 times
- Stickler for perfection - PURIST, used 6 times
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