Assert - Crossword Clue, Answer and Explanation

'assert' is the definition.
(synonyms)

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

'assert' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

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

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

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 Star Tribune, the Penny Press, The Telegraph, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.

'assert' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for state that I've seen before include "eg Rhode Island" , "Civil government of a country" , "Speak" , "Express; pomp" , "Condition - sovereign political power" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror, the King Feature Syndicate, The Star Tribune, the Penny Press, The New York Times and the Universal.

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

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for claim that I've seen before include "Allege" , "Assertion of right" , "Take" , "Assertion; demand" , "Cause the loss of (a life)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror, the King Feature Syndicate, The Star Tribune, the Penny Press, The New York Times and the Universal.

Assert (4)