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Refuse to grant

Answer: DENY - 4 letters

The crossword clue "Refuse to grant" is answered by DENY, a 4-letter entry. Used 29 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.

The answer

DENY

DENY

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DENY answer page.

29Times used
19Distinct years
2026Most recent year
11Publications

Used 29 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for DENY

Every other clue in this collection answered by DENY, most used first.

  • Declare untrue - used 128 times, most recently in 2026
  • Turn down - used 119 times, most recently in 2026
  • Say it isn't so - used 113 times, most recently in 2026
  • Gainsay - used 105 times, most recently in 2025
  • Contradict - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
  • Refuse - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
  • Refuse to admit - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
  • Repudiate - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
  • Say no to - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
  • Say it ain't so - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
  • Refute - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
  • Disavow - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
  • Declare false - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
  • Withhold - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
  • Reject - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
  • Reject as false - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
  • Naysay - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
  • Controvert - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
  • Just say no - used 22 times, most recently in 2023

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