Desperate requests
The crossword clue "Desperate requests" is answered by PLEAS, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2021. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PLEAS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PLEAS answer page.
Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2021. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for PLEAS
Every other clue in this collection answered by PLEAS, most used first.
- Entreaties - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
- "Guilty" and "not guilty" - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Appeals - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Earnest requests - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Supplications - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Urgent requests - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- They're entered in court - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Answers to charges - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Courtroom statements - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Results of some bargaining - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
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.
- More desperate - DIRER, used 20 times
- Woodard of "Desperate Housewives" - ALFRE, used 6 times
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