Positive response
The crossword clue "Positive response" is answered by YES, a 3-letter entry. Used 27 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 12 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 27 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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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
- "By all means!" - used 53 times, most recently in 2025
- "You rang?" - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Affirmative answer - 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
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.
- Ques. response - ANS, used 36 times
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