Respectful gesture
The crossword clue "Respectful gesture" is answered by SALUTE, a 6-letter entry. Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1984. 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
SALUTE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SALUTE answer page.
Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1984. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- CURTSY (4 uses in xd)
Other clues for SALUTE
Every other clue in this collection answered by SALUTE, most used first.
- Military greeting - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- General acknowledgment - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
- Pay tribute to - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- General greeting - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Greet - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
- Greet a general - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- Respectful - POLITE, used 16 times
- Affectionate gesture - CARESS, used 10 times
- Respectful bow - SALAAM, used 10 times
- Respectful greeting - SALAAM, used 10 times
- Respectful tribute - HOMAGE, used 8 times
- Gesture of acknowledgment - HATTIP, used 6 times
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