Answered a charge
The crossword clue "Answered a charge" is answered by PLED, a 4-letter entry. Used 27 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
PLED
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PLED answer page.
Used 27 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- PLEADED (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for PLED
Every other clue in this collection answered by PLED, most used first.
- Begged - used 163 times, most recently in 2026
- Implored - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Entreated - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
- Beseeched - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Responded in court - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
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