Answer: OATH
OATH is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 298 times.
Referring Clues:
- Swear words
 - Words to live by
 - Scout recitation
 - Vow
 - Swear word
 - Witness stand statement
 - Sworn word
 - Four-letter word
 - Solemn promise
 - Many an office has one
 - Curse
 - It may be minced
 - Presidential administration
 - Inauguration declaration
 - It might be bleeped out
 - "Holy smoke!," e.g.
 - Swearing-in words
 - Blast, for instance
 - Colorful language
 - Gadzooks, for one
 - Swear words?
 - 103-Down, mildly
 - Words of commitment
 - It's said with a raised hand
 - "I do" or "Drat!"
 - "@#$%!," e.g.
 - See 68-Across
 - Pledge
 - It may be bleeped
 - Subject for a censor
 - It follows "Repeat after me"
 - Courtroom affirmation
 - Bleeper's target
 - Inauguration Day recital
 - Promising words
 - ___ of office
 - Something to bleep, maybe
 - Dangerous thing to lie under
 - Courtroom pledge
 - Quadrennial White House administration
 - Inauguration highlight
 - It's sworn at a swearing-in
 - Word of honor
 - Four-letter word, aptly
 - Gadzooks, e.g.
 - Bleeped word
 - Courtroom recitation
 - It's taken in court
 - Inauguration recital
 - Solemn vow
 - Solemn pronouncement
 - Statement from the witness stand
 - What an inductee takes
 - It may be taken with a Bible
 - Bit of profanity
 - "My word!", e.g.
 - Sworn statement
 - Ritualistic declaration
 - Bleeped blurt
 - Boy Scout recitation
 - One may be minced or taken at the bar
 - Solemn affirmation
 - Scout's recitation
 - Solemn appeal
 - "Egad!", for one
 - Swearword
 - Courtroom ritual
 - Courtroom declaration
 - "Egad!" is one
 - Witness declaration
 - "$#@!&", e.g.
 - "@!#%$," e.g.
 - Inauguration ritual
 - Words from one on the stand
 - Inauguration Day highlight
 - Darn, for example
 - Inauguration Day words
 - Promise in court
 - Expletive
 - "I do," for one
 - Juramentum
 - Swearing-in ceremony highlight
 - Zounds, e.g.
 - Deuce, for instance
 - Solemn declaration
 - "@&#^$%!," e.g.
 - Inauguration Day pronouncement
 - Hand-on-the-Bible vow
 - Inaugural event
 - Censor's deletion
 - Sworn testimony preceder
 - Swearing in court
 - It may be solemn
 - Inauguration feature
 - It precedes much testimony
 - Administered item
 - Solemn statement
 - Court ritual
 - Inauguration ceremony
 - Swearing-in statement
 - Court affirmation
 - Court statement
 - Hand-on-Bible ritual
 - Witness' affirmation
 - Swearing-in highlight
 - Curse or vow
 - One's Hippocratic
 - This answer is a four-letter word
 - What a senator must take
 - Blue mouthful
 - Promise from one on the stand
 - ''Drat!'' is a mild one
 - Sacred promise
 - ''Egad!'' or ''Drat!''
 - Sworn statement from the witness stand
 - The Hippocratic ___
 - ''I do,'' e.g.
 - Salty retort
 - Blue utterance
 - Witness stand words
 - It may be taken with a raised hand
 - Electee's first act
 - "Egad!" or "Drat!"
 - Pledge of Allegiance, e.g.
 - Office entry requirement, perhaps
 - Hippocratic pronouncement
 - Curse or vow, e.g.
 - President's pledge
 - Swearing-in pledge
 - Invective
 - Bit of colorful language
 - Inauguration recitation
 - The Hippocratic, for one
 - Hippocratic ___
 - Inauguration words
 - Inaugural ritual
 - Bit of irreverence
 - Egad, e.g.
 - Reason to swear
 - "Ye gods!," for one
 - Affirmation
 - "$#@!&," e.g.
 - Something sworn
 - "I do," e.g.
 - Stand words
 - Swearing-in ritual
 - Solemn avowal
 - Inaugural feature
 - Censor's Target
 - "Drat!" is a mild one
 - One shouldn't lie under it
 - Office promise
 - Inauguration Day promise
 - Bleeped-out word
 - Colorful words
 - Colorful words
 - Secret pledge in each of the four longest Across answers
 - Swearing-in
 - Courtroom ritual
 - Promise
 - Witness stand recitation
 - Bit of irreverence
 - "I do solemnly swear ... ," e.g.
 - Hippocratic, e.g.
 - Solemn word
 - Inauguration Day event
 - Solemn pledge
 - Testimony preceder
 - Bit of blasphemy
 - 'I do,' e.g.
 - "Gadzooks," e.g.
 - Court recitation
 - Boy Scouts take it
 - Hand-on-the-Bible utterance
 - Sacred vow
 - Office pledge
 - Four-letter guarantee
 - Swearing-in speech
 - Judicial administration?
 - It may be bleeped out
 - Thing taken at an inauguration
 - Swearing-in utterance
 - Something taken by a scout
 - Inaugural recitation
 - Under ___
 - 36-Across in four of this puzzle's answers
 - Inaugural pledge
 - Witness-stand statement
 - Good Scouts keep it
 - Presidential pledge
 - It can be a curse
 - Inauguration Day pledge
 - Mild curse
 - Part of a swearing-in ceremony
 - Something taken on the stand
 - Trial promise
 - Some people are under it
 - "Holy jumping catfish!," e.g.
 - Witness-stand pledge
 - Censor's concern
 - Swearing-in recitation
 - Officeholder's promise
 - Sworn promise
 - Legally binding pledge
 - "I do solemnly swear ...," e.g.
 - One is often taken on a 48-Across
 - Darn, e.g.
 - Censor's target, at times
 - Pledge before taking the stand
 - Hand-raising activity
 - Assurance
 - It's taken by Nicholson in "A Few Good Men"
 - Boy Scouts take one
 - Attestation
 - Curse word
 - Rats, e.g.
 - Witness stand pledge
 - "I swear" may start it
 - Expression of loyalty
 - Naturalization requirement
 - Profanity
 - Police graduation ritual
 - See 66-Across
 - Cuss word
 - Trial pledge
 - Cussword
 - What a new president takes
 - Words from the witness stand
 - Hand-raising ritual
 - What a scout recites
 - Promise "kept" by 17-, 31-, 39- and 55-Across
 - Formal guarantee
 - Article II, Section 1 subject
 - It might be bleeped
 - "I do" preceder
 - Witness' promise
 - Promise before testimony
 - Swear by it, really
 - Citizenship promise
 - Trial recitation
 - Bit of swearing
 - What a president takes
 - Solemn utterance
 - Courtroom swearing-in
 - Legal affirmation
 - Swearing or swearing-in words
 - "@#$%!," in comics
 - Citizenship recitation
 - Hand-on-the-Bible promise
 - Bit of salty language
 - Inauguration pledge
 - Hippocratic, for one
 - "Egad," e.g.
 - Swearing-in affirmation
 - Statement often starting "I ..."
 - Something to swear
 - "&$#!," for one
 - Words at a swearing-in ceremony
 - Witness stand vow
 - Witness' pledge
 - Swear word, or swearing-in words
 - It's sworn
 - "@#$%," for one
 - One may be taken before a term
 - Swearing-in ceremony
 - One may get bleeped out
 - Four-letter word for a four-letter word
 - Witness' prelude
 - Court witness' pledge
 - "Solemn" words
 - One might speak under it
 - Swearing-in custom
 - Solemn sentence
 - "I will prevent disease whenever I can, for prevention is preferable to cure," e.g.
 - It's a crime to lie under it
 - "Crikey!" is a mild one
 - Sworn words
 - "%&$@," in comics
 - Hammer-strikes-thumb reaction
 - You might speak under this
 - Serious promise
 - Legal profession?
 - "@#$%,"e.g.
 - Formal promise
 - See 70-Across
 - Something recited in a swearing-in ceremony
 - Initiation ritual
 - Sworn vow
 - Tennis Court ___: French Revolution event
 - It's a four-letter word, aptly
 - "Fiddlesticks!" is a mild one
 - Solemn recitation
 - It's taken to take office
 - Courtroom profession?
 - "I solemnly swear …," for one
 - Pledge in court
 - Statement in a courtroom
 - Something you can be under when in court
 
Last Seen In:
- USA Today - October 20, 2025
 - New York Times - October 08, 2025
 - New York Times - August 27, 2025
 - USA Today - July 22, 2025
 - USA Today - July 10, 2025
 - New York Times - July 07, 2025
 - New York Times - June 11, 2025
 - USA Today - May 28, 2025
 - LA Times - May 27, 2025
 - LA Times - May 06, 2025
 - LA Times - May 04, 2025
 - USA Today - April 21, 2025
 - USA Today - March 03, 2025
 - LA Times - February 16, 2025
 - USA Today - February 14, 2025
 - New York Times - February 09, 2025
 - LA Times - February 01, 2025
 - LA Times - January 02, 2025
 - New York Times - December 02, 2024
 - LA Times - October 11, 2024
 
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