"By all means!"
The crossword clue ""By all means!"" is answered by YES, a 3-letter entry. Used 53 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
YES
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the YES answer page.
Used 53 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 14 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.
- PLEASEDO (8 uses in xd)
- INDEED (3 uses in xd)
- OHYES (3 uses in xd)
- BEMYGUEST (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for YES
Every other clue in this collection answered by YES, most used first.
- Affirmative - used 210 times, most recently in 2026
- "Certainly!" - used 129 times, most recently in 2026
- "May I help you?" - used 63 times, most recently in 2025
- Agreeable answer - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- "You rang?" - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- By means of - VIA, used 95 times
- "That's all ___ wrote" - SHE, used 95 times
- Nothing at all - NIL, used 79 times
- "All bets ___ off" - ARE, used 75 times
- "With all ___ respect ... " - DUE, used 59 times
- "All Things Considered" network - NPR, used 55 times
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