The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word AHEM , but the solution may also be PARDON? which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
"Excuse me?" crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| AHEM | 84 % | 4 |
| WHAT | 3 % | 4 |
| PARDON | 3 % | 6 |
| HUH | 2 % | 3 |
| DOYOUMIND | 2 % | 9 |
| BEGYOURPARDON | 1 % | 13 |
| AHEM … | 1 % | 8 |
| OOPS | 1 % | 4 |
| BEGRDON | 1 % | 7 |
| BEGPARDON | 1 % | 9 |
| PARDON? | 1 % | 7 |
| PARDONTHEINTERRUPTION | 1 % | 21 |
| SAY | 1 % | 3 |
| COMEAGAIN | 1 % | 9 |
| LOVERCOMEBACKTO | 1 % | 15 |
Why may PARDON be the right solution?
"PARDON?" is a common informal way of asking someone to repeat what they said. It fits the clue "Excuse me?" as both phrases are used to ask for clarification or to indicate that you didn't hear or understand something.
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Crossword Answer definitions
AHEM noun- A use of the interjection, ahem.
- The sound of a quiet cough or of clearing one's throat
- An exclamation or cough to get attention
- An exclamation of disapproval or annoyance
- An exclamation to indicate sarcasm
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result AHEM
- "Beg pardon"
- "Excuse me?"
- "May I interrupt?"
- Attention-getter
- Excuse me!
- Attention-getting word
- "Excuse me!"
- Attention-getting sound
- Status vehicle
- Throat-clearing sound
More clues leading to the result WHAT
- "Come again?"
- Inattentive one's response
- Query word
- "Hunh?"
- "You did ___?"
- With 2-Down, "Hilarious!"
- Interrogative
- __ Price Glory?
- Start of a quiz?
- "Do tell"
More clues leading to the result PARDON
- 1974 grant to Nixon
- Amnesty
- Excuse
- Presidential grant
- "Would you repeat that?"
- Let off
- Convict's absolution from the governor
- Formal forgiveness
- Absolve
- "Excuse me!"
More clues leading to the result HUH
- "Excuse me?"
- "Say what?"
- "What was that?"
- "Live and learn I guess ..."
- "What's that?"
- "What?"
- "Whazzat?"
- "Wha?"
- "Wha'dja say?"
- "Come again?"
More clues leading to the result DOYOUMIND
More clues leading to the result BEGYOURPARDON
More clues leading to the result AHEM …
More clues leading to the result OOPS
- Klutzy comment
- "Clumsy me!"
- Butterfingers's word
- "Crash!" accompaniment, often
- "I was wrong"
- "Sorry about that!"
- It often follows "Crash!"
- Oaf's cry
- Slipup followup, perhaps
- "My bad!"
More clues leading to the result BEGRDON
More clues leading to the result BEGPARDON
More clues leading to the result PARDON?
More clues leading to the result PARDONTHEINTERRUPTION
More clues leading to the result SAY
- Utter
- "By the way, ..."
- For example
- Two cents
- State
- Verbalize
- "So, um, about that thing ..."
- Pronounce
- "Come to think of it ..."
- "That's really something!"