The person in question? Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue The person in question? last seen in New York Times puzzle. 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 3 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is WHO.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% WHO The person in question? (3) New York Times Nov 14, 2019
95% POLLER Person with questions (6)
82% INQUIRER Person asking questions (8)
73% YIRONSINTHEFIRE Lazy person's short question? (15) Universal Jun 17, 2018
60% INTERVIEWER Person answering questions to get a job (11) (11)
60% INTERVIEWEE Bury rival with diminutive person answering questions (11) The Times Cryptic Jan 3, 2025
60% OPPOSER One resisting old person's first question (7)
55% MASKED Male person who questions one in disguise (6) (6)
55% DOMINATES Projects one's personality over questionable date with Simon (9) The Telegraph Cryptic Jun 12, 2020
11% ANY "___ questions?" (3) USA Today Sep 12, 2025

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In this clue, "The person in question?" is a clever way of hinting at the interrogative pronoun "WHO." It plays on the idea of asking for a specific individual, making "WHO" the perfect answer.