"Please excuse my dear aunt Sally," e.g. Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue "Please excuse my dear aunt Sally," e.g. featured in Universal puzzle on July 27, 2026. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 8 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is MNEMONIC.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% MNEMONIC "Please excuse my dear aunt Sally," e.g. (8) Universal Jul 27, 2026
73% MATH "Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally" subject (4) USA Today Nov 21, 2025
60% AUNT 'Please excuse my dear ___ Sally' (math mnemonic) (4) New York Times Aug 3, 2016
56% KEY E or G, e.g. (3) The Atlantic Jul 17, 2026
56% SIR "My dear ___ …" (3) New York Times May 26, 2026
49% MAJOR Like the chord C-E-G, but not A-C-E (5) The Washington Post Mini Jun 8, 2026
47% NEAR ___ and dear (4) New York Times Jul 14, 2026
47% ALIBIS Excuses (6) LA Times Daily Jul 1, 2026
47% BEG Say "Please, please, please" (3) The Atlantic Jun 12, 2026
47% SYNE "For auld lang ____, my dear ..." (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic May 26, 2026

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