Answer: PLEAD
PLEAD is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 59 times.
Referring Clues:
- Beg
 - Implore
 - Make a case
 - Make, as a case
 - Argue at the bar
 - Beseech
 - Allege in defense
 - Tell it to the judge
 - Make one's case
 - Answer a court charge
 - Entreat earnestly
 - Argue a case
 - Request earnestly
 - Supplicate
 - Appeal
 - Petition
 - Argue (for)
 - Urge
 - Ask on one's knees
 - Appeal earnestly
 - More than ask
 - State ''not guilty''
 - Entreat
 - Say "not guilty"
 - Say "guilty" or "not guilty," say
 - Try to persuade, with "with"
 - Answer, in court
 - Appeal or request earnestly
 - Say "not guilty," say
 - Answer a charge
 - State "not guilty"
 - Say nolo, say
 - Speak on bended knee
 - "How do you ___?"
 - Pray
 - Argue in court
 - Entreaty
 - Beg for mercy
 - Seek mercy
 - Give one's case
 - Give as an excuse
 - Seek mercy, say
 - Respond to a charge
 - Reuqest urgently
 - Offer as an excuse
 - Profess one's innocence, perhaps
 - State ones's case
 - Beg and then some
 - Say "not guilty," perhaps
 - Make an appeal
 - Use as an excuse
 - Ask in earnest
 - Say "no contest," say
 - "How do you ___?" (court query)
 - Argue, as a court case
 - Claim, as insanity
 - Assert, as insanity
 - More than request
 - "I ___ the Fifth"
 
Last Seen In:
- USA Today - April 03, 2025
 - LA Times - March 17, 2025
 - New York Times - October 14, 2024
 - USA Today - May 18, 2023
 - USA Today - December 22, 2022
 - LA Times - December 01, 2022
 - USA Today - February 24, 2022
 - USA Today - November 22, 2021
 - New York Times - September 28, 2021
 - USA Today - February 18, 2021
 - Netword - November 06, 2020
 - Netword - October 22, 2020
 - Universal - June 14, 2020
 - USA Today - April 29, 2020
 - Netword - November 29, 2019
 - Netword - October 23, 2019
 - Universal - September 14, 2019
 - Universal - August 07, 2019
 - Universal - July 09, 2019
 - Netword - February 08, 2019
 
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