Emphatic denial
The crossword clue "Emphatic denial" is answered by NOSIR, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1977. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NOSIR
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NOSIR answer page.
Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1977. It appears in 6 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.
- IDIDNOT (5 uses in xd)
Other clues for NOSIR
Every other clue in this collection answered by NOSIR, most used first.
- Polite refusal - used 86 times, most recently in 2026
- Polite denial - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Private reply? - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
- Respectful refusal - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Military denial - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Polite turndown - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Respectful denial - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Emphatic turndown - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
- Deferential denial - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Polite rejection - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Soldier's denial - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Boot camp reply - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
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.
- Words of denial - NOTME, used 18 times
- Quaint denial - TISNT, used 12 times
- Terse denial - NOTME, used 12 times
- Emphatic refusal - NEVER, used 10 times
- Emphatic refusal - NOHOW, used 9 times
- Phrase of denial - NOTME, used 6 times
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