Clues for the word "INSIST"
We've had 60 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 136 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Easy crossword on May 29, 2026.
Definition of insist
- v. i. - To stand or rest; to find support; -- with in, on, or upon.
- v. i. - To take a stand and refuse to give way; to hold to something firmly or determinedly; to be persistent, urgent, or pressing; to persist in demanding; -- followed by on, upon, or that; as, he insisted on these conditions; he insisted on going at once; he insists that he must have money.
Referring Clues
- Put one's foot down
- Refuse to yield
- Not give up an argument
- Be emphatic
- Be firm
- More than request
- Refuse to compromise
- More than urge
- Not give an inch
- Not yield
- Be a stickler
- Refuse to bend
- Take a firm stand
- Stand firm
- Give no ground
- Refuse to budge
- Not take "no" for an answer
- Be adamant
- Put your foot down
- Not back down
- Demand strongly
- Demand
- Show willpower
- Maintain
- Persistently demand
- Don't back down
- Maintain firmly
- Be resolute
- Won't take no for an answer
- Refuse to take no for an answer
- Not take no for an answer
- Assert
- Emphasise sin must be cast out - it's wrong!
- Keep saying is, but perhaps isn't, going out
- Harp on the fact that sins will be absolved in it
- Determinedly demand
- Demand firmly
- Growth is said to follow popular demand
- Demand determinedly
- "No, really, this one's on me"
- Lay down the law or demand
- It's sin ... perhaps you could twist my arm!
- Demand persistently
- Lay stress on part of bargain sister made
- Maintain strongly
- Fashionable sister does't hesitate to make firm demands
- Is available in tins, perhaps, if you demand
- Declare firmly
- As you may demand, is packed in tins
- Refuse to bargain
- Forcefully demand
- Maintain persistently
- Leave no wiggle room
- Brook no refusal
- Will have it one's exterior isn't to be renovated
- Will have it that sins are absolved in it
- Stubbornly demand
- Make a demand
- Not accept a refusal
- Refuse to give in
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Easy - May 29, 2026
- LA Times - April 26, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 10, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - March 07, 2026
- Daily Quick - February 20, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 23, 2026
- Mirror Daily - December 26, 2025
- Daily Quick - October 27, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 22, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - August 12, 2025
- Daily American - July 05, 2025
- Daily Quick - June 19, 2025
- Your Life Choices - February 28, 2025
- Mirror Daily - January 26, 2025
- LA Times - January 12, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 25, 2024
- New York Times - November 05, 2024
- Daily Quick - October 19, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - September 23, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - September 13, 2024
- Mirror Daily - August 11, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 06, 2024
- New York Times - May 19, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - May 13, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - March 20, 2024
- Mirror Daily - March 17, 2024
- LA Times - March 17, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - March 12, 2024
- Your Life Choices - February 24, 2024
- Daily Quick - February 20, 2024
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