Ask on one's knees
The crossword clue "Ask on one's knees" is answered by PLEAD, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
PLEAD
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Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for PLEAD
Every other clue in this collection answered by PLEAD, most used first.
- Beg - used 90 times, most recently in 2026
- Implore - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Entreat - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
- Beseech - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Supplicate - used 14 times, most recently in 2019
- Make one's case - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
- Make a case - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Argue a case - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Answer a charge - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Appeal - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
Related clues
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- On one's toes - ALERT, used 150 times
- Take as one's own - ADOPT, used 111 times
- Blow one's top - ERUPT, used 95 times
- Light on one's feet - AGILE, used 84 times
- Speak one's mind - OPINE, used 54 times
- Got to one's feet - STOOD, used 45 times
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