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*Ask to be excused? (2 to 5)

Last seen in Universal Crossword September 29, 2020 Answers

Looking for the answer to the crossword clue "*Ask to be excused? (2 to 5)"? This clue appeared in the Universal Crossword puzzle on September 29, 2020. After searching through our extensive database of crossword solutions, we found 158 potential answers for this clue. The top-ranked answer is BEGPARDON (9 letters) with a 99% confidence rating based on how frequently it appears across published crosswords.

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BEGPARDON
*Ask to be excused? (2 to 5)
Universal Crossword · Sep 29, 2020
8%
IMO
"If u ask me ... "
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 31, 2026
8%
ANSWERME
"I won't ask again!"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 21, 2026
8%
BUDDRY
"Why ask why?" beer
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 14, 2026
8%
IMHO
"If u ask me ... "
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 20, 2026
8%
LIE
Act excused with crossed fingers
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 27, 2025
8%
OHNOREASON
Vague response to "Why do you ask?"
Universal Crossword · Aug 31, 2025
8%
IBE
"May __ excused?"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 26, 2025
8%
MAYIGO
Request to be excused
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 11, 2025
8%
KID
One may ask where babies come from
Universal Crossword · Jun 26, 2025
8%
NEVER
"I thought you'd ___ ask!"
Universal Crossword · May 12, 2025
1%
VEGETABLEGUARD
One tasked with keeping produce from spoiling?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 27, 2026
1%
SUNSALUTATION
Vinyasa sequence also called Surya Namaskar
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 26, 2026
1%
EXPOSES
Unmasks
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 20, 2026
1%
INEPT
Not up to the task
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 20, 2026
1%
OMAHA
Nebraska rail hub
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 18, 2026
1%
RIM
Part of a basketball hoop
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 14, 2026
1%
SITKA
First capital of Alaska
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 10, 2026
1%
PACER
Indiana basketball player
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 8, 2026
1%
TODO
Task list heading
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 7, 2026
1%
ADIA
College basketball coach Barnes
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 6, 2026
1%
KARMA
__ farming: asking for upvotes on Reddit
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 3, 2026
1%
YOGI
Bear who steals "pic-a-nic" baskets
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 31, 2026
1%
VAT
Large cask
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 31, 2026
1%
STOLE
Took without asking
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 18, 2026
1%
OREOS
Cookies with a "You asked for it" collaboration with 29-Across
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 16, 2026
1%
FINEART
Reply when Mr. Garfunkel asks how everyone is doing?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 13, 2026
1%
ELECTRICITYBILL
Reply when Mr. Nye asks why there are so many wind turbines?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 13, 2026
1%
BLACKJACK
Reply when Mr. Nicholson asks, "How do you like your coffee?"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 13, 2026
1%
LOGOTHREE
Distance shot in basketball, or what 16-, 26-, and 39-Across are altogether?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 12, 2026
1%
TERI
Indiana University basketball coach Moren
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 11, 2026
1%
TWIRL
Movement while asking "How do I look?"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 9, 2026
1%
STEAM
Cook in a basket
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 4, 2026
1%
KODIAKS
Bears named for an Alaskan archipelago
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 25, 2026
1%
AIRBUD
"Ain't no rule say the dog can't play basketball" film
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 24, 2026
1%
NEMEA
Site of a Herculean task
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 19, 2026
1%
CHECKLISTS
Task managers?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 19, 2026
1%
ROMEOROMEO
Juliet's response when her love asks what city is as eternal as their bond?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 17, 2026
1%
CREEL
Fishing basket
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 13, 2026
1%
SINCE
"__ you asked ... "
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 12, 2026
1%
TREY
Basketball three-pointer
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 6, 2026
1%
ICONS
Taskbar lineup
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 26, 2026
1%
BUSHEL
Orchard basket
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 19, 2026
1%
OHITSONNOW
"You asked for a fight, you'll get one!"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 9, 2026
1%
ALEUT
Language from which "Alaska" is derived
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 7, 2026
1%
ORINGS
Rubber gaskets
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 5, 2026
1%
TODOLIST
Task manager?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 3, 2026
1%
DUNK
Basketball stuff
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 3, 2026
1%
DENALI
Alaska national park with the tallest peak in North America
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 28, 2026
1%
ORING
Round rubber gasket
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 28, 2026
1%
NASH
Basketball Hall of Famer Steve
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 26, 2026
1%
LOBO
Basketball Hall of Famer Rebecca
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 20, 2026
1%
TAMI
Roman of "Basketball Wives"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 15, 2026
1%
MOOSE
Alaska's state land mammal
Universal Crossword · Apr 13, 2026
1%
PICNIC
Meal packed in a basket
Universal Crossword · Apr 9, 2026
1%
ORA
"The Masked Singer" panelist Rita
Universal Crossword · Apr 6, 2026
1%
TIPIN
Basket made on a rebound
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 2, 2026
1%
REVEAL
Unmask
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 30, 2026
1%
THREE
Number of points for a basket made from beyond the arc
Universal Crossword · Mar 28, 2026
1%
YUKON
Canadian territory bordering Alaska
Universal Crossword · Mar 25, 2026
1%
HORSE
Basketball game you can play without dribbling
Universal Crossword · Mar 23, 2026
1%
DAMAGECONTROL
*Agent's task following a PR debacle
Universal Crossword · Mar 23, 2026
1%
POE
"The Cask of Amontillado" writer
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 20, 2026
1%
CTR
Basketball player who likely has the most blocks on the team: Abbr.
Universal Crossword · Mar 14, 2026
1%
HBO
"Task" network
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 13, 2026
1%
LAYUP
Easy basket
Universal Crossword · Mar 6, 2026
1%
ABLER
More fit for the task
Universal Crossword · Mar 5, 2026
1%
IRRS
Bargain basket items, for short
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 1, 2026
1%
YAO
Basketball great Ming
Universal Crossword · Feb 27, 2026
1%
SEATAC
Primary hub of Alaska Airlines, familiarly
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 23, 2026
1%
FENCERS
Athletes who wear face masks
Universal Crossword · Feb 21, 2026
1%
ODDJOBS
Taskrabbit tasks ... or what letters one, three, five, etc., in the starred clues' answers spell?
Universal Crossword · Feb 20, 2026
1%
KITTYHAWKING
Task for a pet store with too many cats?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 13, 2026
1%
FOOLSERRAND
*Pointless task
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 12, 2026
1%
BROTHERBEAR
Oscar-nominated Disney film set in Alaska
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 10, 2026
1%
CESTA
Jai alai basket
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 4, 2026
1%
ABLE
Up to the task
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 30, 2026
1%
SWAMPED
Burdened with too many tasks
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 27, 2026
1%
ACTIII
When Caesar asks, "Et tu, Brute?"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 27, 2026
1%
HORNE
"Taskmaster" creator Alex whose surname sounds like an instrument
Universal Crossword · Jan 24, 2026
1%
ALYSSA
Basketball gold medalist ___ Thomas
Universal Crossword · Jan 24, 2026
1%
EYEWEAR
Sleep mask, shades, etc.
Universal Crossword · Jan 22, 2026
1%
TRIP
Alaskan cruise, say
Universal Crossword · Jan 21, 2026
1%
MULTI
Prefix with task or vitamin
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 19, 2026
1%
EAR
Mask holder
Universal Crossword · Jan 19, 2026
1%
CHORES
Tasks
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 16, 2026
1%
CREELS
Angler baskets
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 15, 2026
1%
EDGING
Lawn care task
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 14, 2026
1%
ONEAL
Basketball great Shaquille
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 11, 2026
1%
HIDE
Mask
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 10, 2026
1%
UPONTHEHOUSETOP
Christmas carol that asks "Who wouldn't go?"
Universal Crossword · Jan 4, 2026
1%
HOTENOUGHFORYOU
Question asked by a fan?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 3, 2026
1%
NET
Part of a basketball hoop
Universal Crossword · Dec 27, 2025
1%
ZORRO
Masked vigilante whose name is Spanish for "fox"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 23, 2025
1%
TRIPLEDOUBLES
Impressive basketball feats, and what 20-, 36-, and 43-Across have
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 17, 2025
1%
CHEMICAL
Substance in an Erlenmeyer flask, maybe
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 14, 2025
1%
GLAD
"I'm __ you asked"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 10, 2025
1%
TAPE
Word after "caution" or "masking"
Universal Crossword · Dec 9, 2025
1%
BETTHERANCH
Put all of one's eggs in one basket
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 6, 2025
1%
ANN
Basketball Hall of Famer Meyers
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 30, 2025
1%
DORISBURKE
Broadcaster inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2018
Universal Crossword · Nov 23, 2025
1%
SWISH
Basketball player's favorite sound
Universal Crossword · Nov 19, 2025
1%
BACKBOARD
Support for a basket ... or what combines with either word in each starred clue's answer?
Universal Crossword · Nov 13, 2025
1%
MUTE
Button you might click before multitasking on a Zoom meeting
Universal Crossword · Nov 9, 2025
1%
ISOS
Plays that create one-on-one scoring opportunities, in basketball shorthand
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 1, 2025
1%
ATEAM
Starting five in basketball, e.g.
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 31, 2025
1%
HOOP
Basketball target
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 26, 2025
1%
SSE
Dir. from Nebraska to Louisiana
Universal Crossword · Oct 22, 2025
1%
SLOG
Tedious task
Universal Crossword · Oct 16, 2025
1%
REACHIN
*Basketball foul type (Last 4 letters + ...)
Universal Crossword · Oct 8, 2025
1%
PPE
120-Down's face shields, masks, etc.: Abbr.
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 5, 2025
1%
ELLEN
Novelist Raskin
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 4, 2025
1%
OAK
Wine cask wood
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 28, 2025
1%
SCHWA
Either side of Alaska?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 27, 2025
1%
WHYIOUGHTA
"You're askin' for it!"
Universal Crossword · Sep 26, 2025
1%
ARENA
Pro basketball venue
Universal Crossword · Sep 22, 2025
1%
NIKES
Certain basketball shoes
Universal Crossword · Sep 8, 2025
1%
REALALE
Cask beer in traditional British pubs
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 6, 2025
1%
HAMPER
Laundry basket
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 3, 2025
1%
EGGS
Easter basket items
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 27, 2025
1%
BOUNCEPASS
Potential basketball assist that hits the floor
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 19, 2025
1%
PAT
Summitt in the Basketball Hall of Fame
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 14, 2025
1%
WEST
Direction from Saskatchewan to Alberta
Universal Crossword · Aug 13, 2025
1%
OMAHAS
Native Nebraskans
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 8, 2025
1%
DALI
"Basket of Bread" painter Salvador
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 30, 2025
1%
JDATE
Matchmaking app that asks "Do you keep kosher?"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 27, 2025
1%
NOMEANFEAT
Far from an easy task
Universal Crossword · Jul 27, 2025
1%
EPPS
"Love & Basketball" actor Omar
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 25, 2025
1%
TALL
Like one who'd be asked "How's the weather up there?"
Universal Crossword · Jul 20, 2025
1%
PLATTE
Nebraska divider
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 20, 2025
1%
NETS
Team whose logo is a basketball with a B
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 19, 2025
1%
EPEE
Olympic event with masks
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 18, 2025
1%
SWIGS
Gulps from a flask
Universal Crossword · Jul 12, 2025
1%
CONAGRA
Food processing giant that began as a grain enterprise in Nebraska
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 28, 2025
1%
DUMAS
"The Man in the Iron Mask" novelist
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 28, 2025
1%
NOME
Alaskan city hidden in "Western omelet"
Universal Crossword · Jun 28, 2025
1%
ROADTEST
Consumer Reports task
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 26, 2025
1%
PETTIT
Basketball Hall of Famer Bob
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 19, 2025
1%
ISAIDNO
"Stop asking me!"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 17, 2025
1%
JUNEAU
Alaska's capital
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 17, 2025
1%
SLAMDUNK
Showy basketball shot
Universal Crossword · Jun 17, 2025
1%
CLYDE
Basketball great Drexler
Universal Crossword · Jun 14, 2025
1%
INSET
Like Alaska, often
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 7, 2025
1%
SPA
Where many wear masks
Universal Crossword · Jun 2, 2025
1%
UMP
Certain masked figure, for short
Universal Crossword · Jun 2, 2025
1%
OBLIGES
Does as asked
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 24, 2025
1%
SEWARD
Secretary of state who negotiated the Alaska Purchase
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 20, 2025
1%
POSTUP
Prepare for a pass, in basketball
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 27, 2025
1%
FOULS
Basketball violations
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Apr 22, 2025
1%
NOH
Drama with masks
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Apr 21, 2025
1%
SLOAN
Basketball Hall of Fame coach Jerry
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 18, 2025
1%
HALF
Basketball period
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Apr 15, 2025
1%
BERATES
Takes to task
Universal Crossword · Apr 10, 2025
1%
CAREERMOVES
Switching jobs and asking for a raise, for two
Universal Crossword · Mar 24, 2025
1%
SUE
Basketball great Bird
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 23, 2025
1%
DUST
Task on a chore chart
Universal Crossword · Mar 19, 2025
1%
LEES
Cask sediment
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Mar 15, 2025
1%
SUNTAN
Many a basker’s goal
Premier Sunday Crossword · Mar 9, 2025

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many possible solutions does "*Ask to be excused? (2 to 5)" have?
We found 1 exact solution and 158 total potential answers including similar clues. The most likely answer is BEGPARDON (9 letters).
What is the best answer for "*Ask to be excused? (2 to 5)"?
The best answer for "*Ask to be excused? (2 to 5)" is BEGPARDON with 9 letters. This answer has a 99% confidence rating based on our database of crossword solutions.
Where has "*Ask to be excused? (2 to 5)" been used as a crossword clue?
This clue has appeared 1 time in our database. It has been featured in Universal Crossword. It was last seen in the Universal Crossword on September 29, 2020.
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