Negatives
The crossword clue "Negatives" is answered by NOS, a 3-letter entry. Used 23 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
NOS
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NOS answer page.
Used 23 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 7 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.
- NOTS (9 uses in xd)
Other clues for NOS
Every other clue in this collection answered by NOS, most used first.
- Refusals - used 172 times, most recently in 2026
- Rejections - used 117 times, most recently in 2026
- Turndowns - used 104 times, most recently in 2026
- Discouraging words - used 74 times, most recently in 2026
- Denials - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
- Figs. - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
- Ph. bk. data - used 27 times, most recently in 2015
- Negative responses - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Negative replies - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Simple denials - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Votes against - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
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.
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- Zero - NIL, used 399 times
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- Teachers' org. - NEA, used 369 times
- Neither's partner - NOR, used 359 times
- Zilch - NIL, used 358 times
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