Related Clues:

• Says assuredly
• Boldly states
• "Firsties"
• Declares a piece of poetry lacks point
• Maintains a back pressure
• Utters a dictum, so there's nothing missed
• Money deposited in bank safe, but only to begin with
• Claims of length reflected in times
• Tries editing leaders' comments
• Maintains a return pressure
• For example, Southern states
• "I call it!"
• "Mine! I called it!"
• Doesn't hem and haw over
• Asserts sans proof