Answer:

asserts

Answer	Crossword Clue
ASSERTS	States forcefully
ASSERTS	States strongly
ASSERTS	Maintains

ASSERTS	States with authority
ASSERTS	Professes
ASSERTS	States categorically
ASSERTS	States unequivocally
ASSERTS	Sets forth
ASSERTS	Strongly maintains
ASSERTS	States confidently
ASSERTS	Says it's so

ASSERTS	Says confidently
ASSERTS	Puts forward
ASSERTS	Confidently claims
ASSERTS	States positively
ASSERTS	States
ASSERTS	Declares
ASSERTS	Claims
ASSERTS	Makes a case for

ASSERTS	States with force
ASSERTS	Puts forth
ASSERTS	Postulates
ASSERTS	Speaks up
ASSERTS	Doesn't hem and haw over
ASSERTS	Avers
ASSERTS	Avers.
ASSERTS	Claims.

ASSERTS	Declares.
ASSERTS	Asseverates.
ASSERTS	Maintains.
ASSERTS	Declares firmly.
ASSERTS	Says.
ASSERTS	States.
ASSERTS	States as a fact.
ASSERTS	Says firmly.

ASSERTS	Proclaims
ASSERTS	Says with certainty
ASSERTS	Avows
ASSERTS	Affirms
ASSERTS	States as true

Crossword

a puzzle consisting of a grid of squares and blanks into which words crossing vertically and horizontally are written according to clues.