Polite refusal Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Polite refusal featured in New York Times puzzle on October 2, 2025. 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 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is NOSIR.

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7 Potential Answers:

AnswerLengthSourceDate
NOSIR Polite refusal (5) New York Times Oct 2, 2025
NOMAAM Polite refusal (6) LA Times Daily Jul 10, 2024
NOTHANKS Polite refusal (8) Eugene Sheffer Nov 4, 2022
NONEED Polite refusal (6) New York Times Jul 1, 2021
IMBUSY Polite refusal (6) Eugene Sheffer Feb 12, 2021
ICANNOT Polite refusal (7) Newsday Feb 3, 2021
NOTI Polite refusal (4)

33 Similar Clues:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
39% THANKS "No ___!" (polite refusal) (6)
39% DECLINE Politely refuse (7) The Sun Two Speed Oct 27, 2019
34% NOTHANKYOU A polite refusal (2,5,3) (10)
34% NEINDANKE Polite refusal, in Nuremberg (9)
34% FRAIDNOT Polite refusal, slangily (8)
31% IDONT "__ think so" (polite refusal) (5) Newsday Mar 24, 2025
27% NOTARIES After polite refusal, priest stripped for officials (8) The Telegraph Cryptic Sep 15, 2025
27% NOTARY Legal official’s polite refusal on track (6) The Times Cryptic Oct 30, 2023
25% RATON Polite refusal by king returning in shop (3,2) (5) The Guardian Cryptic Oct 10, 2024
25% NOTARY PUBLIC Lawyer's polite refusal to pick up a state (13)

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