Assert - Crossword Clue, Answer and Explanation

'assert' is the definition.
(synonyms)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for aver that I've seen before include "Swear" , "State firmly, perhaps rave" , "Assert, state as true" , "Maintain - state" , "State; say" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian, The Times, the Evening Standard, the Universal, the LA Times, The Telegraph, The Independent, the Penny Press, The Star Tribune, The Wall Street Journal and The Mirror.

'assert' is the definition.
(I know that assert can be written as insist)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for insist that I've seen before include "Urge" , "Persist in pressing" , "Refuse to give way" , "express convinced viewpoint" , "Put one's foot down" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald, the Evening Standard, The Telegraph, The New York Times, the Penny Press, The Star Tribune and The Wall Street Journal.

'assert' is the definition.
(synonyms)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for affirm that I've seen before include "State as a fact, assert" , "Emphatically state" , "Ratify; vouch" , "Declare one's commitment (to)" , "Verify" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald, the Evening Standard, The Telegraph, The New York Times, the Penny Press, The Star Tribune and The Wall Street Journal.

'assert' is the definition.
(I know that allege is a kind of assert)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for allege that I've seen before include "Cite in discussion" , "State as a fact without proof" , "Accuse without established proof" , "Assert - maintain" , "Assert, state without proof" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald, the Evening Standard, The Telegraph, The New York Times, the Penny Press, The Star Tribune and The Wall Street Journal.

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