Private aye?
The crossword clue "Private aye?" is answered by YESSIR, a 6-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
YESSIR
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the YESSIR answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for YESSIR
Every other clue in this collection answered by YESSIR, most used first.
- Army affirmative - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Private reply - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Polite answer - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Boot camp affirmative - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Boot camp reply - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Polite assent - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Private line? - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Soldier's assent - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Private eye - SHAMUS, used 12 times
- Heroine of "Private Lives." - AMANDA, used 10 times
- Brennan of "Private Benjamin" - EILEEN, used 9 times
- "Relax, private!" - ATEASE, used 9 times
- Private pupils - TUTEES, used 8 times
- Private instructors - TUTORS, used 7 times
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