Type of bargain

The answer

PLEA

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PLEA answer page.

Used 24 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 7 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 collection answered by PLEA, most used first.

• Entreaty - used 282 times, most recently in 2026
• "Not guilty," for one - used 117 times, most recently in 2026
• Urgent request - used 83 times, most recently in 2026
• "Not guilty," e.g. - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
• Earnest request - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
• "Guilty" or "Not guilty" - used 50 times, most recently in 2024
• Appeal - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• Desperate request - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Emotional request - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Nolo contendere, e.g. - used 33 times, most recently in 2019
• __ bargain - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• Heartfelt request - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Supplication - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• Tearful request - used 30 times, most recently in 2023
• Court statement - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
• Request - used 24 times, most recently in 2016
• "Guilty," e.g. - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• "Not guilty," for example - used 21 times, most recently in 2026

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