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

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

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

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

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

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