Answer:

heck

Answer	Crossword Clue
HECK	"Golly"
HECK	Mild form of hell?
HECK	"Aw, darn it"

HECK	Prude's curse word
HECK	"Gosh darn!"
HECK	"What the ..!"
HECK	"Darn!"
HECK	"Shucks"
HECK	"Dang!"
HECK	Non-bleeped expletive
HECK	"Doggone!"

HECK	All get-out
HECK	Mild oath
HECK	"What the ...!"
HECK	Relative of "Darn!"
HECK	"Darn it!"
HECK	"Gosh darn it!"
HECK	"Drat it!"
HECK	"Shoot!"

HECK	Mild expletive
HECK	"Aw, shoot!"
HECK	... Tate (the sheriff in "To Kill a Mockingbird")
HECK	"Shucks!"
HECK	"Consarn it!"
HECK	"Doggone it!"
HECK	Undeleted expletive
HECK	"Rats!"

HECK	"Darn it all!"
HECK	"The dickens."
HECK	Mild oath.
HECK	Slangy exclamation.
HECK	Euphemism for "hell."
HECK	Mild cussword
HECK	Relative of drat
HECK	Cry of disgust

HECK	Shucks!
HECK	Spinning-wheel attachment
HECK	Darn kin
HECK	Minced oath
HECK	Annoyed interjection