Assert - Crossword Clue, Answer and Explanation

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

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for avow that I've seen before include "Make a promise" , "Assert/confess openly" , "Assert - admit" , "Solemnly declare" , "Declare - affirm" .)

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

'assert' is the definition.
(averring is a kind of asserting)

This is all the 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 Evening Standard, the USA Today, the Penny Press, the Universal, The Telegraph, the LA Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Mirror, The Times, The Star Tribune, The Independent and The Guardian.

'assert' is the definition.
(I know that assert is a more specific form of insist)

This is all the 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 Evening Standard, the Penny Press, The New York Times, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Telegraph, The Wall Street Journal and The Star Tribune.

'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 Evening Standard, the Penny Press, The New York Times, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Telegraph, The Wall Street Journal and The Star Tribune.

Assert (6)