Assert - Crossword Clue, Answer and Explanation

'assert' is the definition.
(I know that assert can be written as avow)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for avow that I've seen before include "Make a promise" , "Assert/confess openly" , "Assert - admit" , "Solemnly declare" , "Declare - affirm" .)

I've seen this clue in the USA Today, The Telegraph, The Times, The Guardian, the Universal, the Penny Press, the LA Times, The Independent, the Evening Standard, The Star Tribune, The Mirror and The Wall Street Journal.

'assert' is the definition.
(synonyms)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for aver that I've seen before include "Swear" , "State firmly, perhaps rave" , "Assert, state as true" , "Maintain - state" , "State; say" .)

I've seen this clue in the USA Today, The Telegraph, The Times, The Guardian, the Universal, the Penny Press, the LA Times, The Independent, the Evening Standard, The Star Tribune, The Mirror and The Wall Street Journal.

'assert' is the definition.
(I know that assert is a more specific form of insist)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for insist that I've seen before include "Urge" , "Persist in pressing" , "Refuse to give way" , "express convinced viewpoint" , "Put one's foot down" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Penny Press, The New York Times, The Star Tribune, the Evening Standard and The Wall Street Journal.

'assert' is the definition.
(I know that allege is a more specific form of assert)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for allege that I've seen before include "Cite in discussion" , "State as a fact without proof" , "Accuse without established proof" , "Assert - maintain" , "Assert, state without proof" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Penny Press, The New York Times, The Star Tribune, the Evening Standard and The Wall Street Journal.

Assert (6)