Private reply?
The crossword clue "Private reply?" is answered by NOSIR, a 5-letter entry. Used 16 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 10 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 16 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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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
- 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 denial - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- 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.
- "Who's there?" reply - ITSME, used 43 times
- Private teacher - TUTOR, used 42 times
- Private instructor - TUTOR, used 31 times
- Private - INNER, used 26 times
- Private pupil - TUTEE, used 26 times
- Private student - TUTEE, used 26 times
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