"Permission granted"

The answer

YES

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the YES answer page.

Used 24 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 5 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.

• ITSAGO (3 uses in xd)
• YOUMAY (2 uses in xd)
• GOAHEAD (1 uses in xd)
• OKAY (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for YES

Every other clue in this collection answered by YES, most used first.

• "Absolutely!" - used 257 times, most recently in 2026
• Affirmative - used 210 times, most recently in 2026
• "Of course" - used 204 times, most recently in 2026
• "You bet!" - used 166 times, most recently in 2026
• "Certainly!" - used 129 times, most recently in 2026
• Thumbs-up - used 93 times, most recently in 2026
• "Sure thing!" - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
• "Indeed!" - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
• "Sure!" - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
• "For sure!" - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
• "You betcha!" - used 65 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
• "By all means!" - used 53 times, most recently in 2025
• "You rang?" - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• "Definitely!" - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• "That's right" - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Affirmative answer - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• "Without a doubt!" - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• "Owner of a Lonely Heart" band - used 39 times, most recently in 2025
• "That's correct" - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Word of assent - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
• Positive response - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Word of agreement - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• "I agree" - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• "Indubitably" - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• No alternative - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• "Agreed" - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• "Okay!" - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
• Referendum choice - used 23 times, most recently in 2023
• "I do" - used 22 times, most recently in 2023
• "I'd be glad to" - used 21 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.

• Give permission to - LET, used 51 times
• Has permission - MAY, used 34 times

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