"Not guilty," for one
The crossword clue ""Not guilty," for one" is answered by PLEA, a 4-letter entry. Used 117 times across 27 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 17 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
PLEA
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Used 117 times across 27 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 17 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for PLEA
Every other clue in this pilot answered by PLEA, most used first.
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Related clues
Pilot clues 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.
- For fear that - LEST, used 503 times
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- Not as much - LESS, used 378 times
- Change for a five - ONES, used 272 times
- "What's ___ for me?" - INIT, used 264 times
- One of the Great Lakes - ERIE, used 258 times
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