The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word PAPER , but the solution may also be 30 or 2 which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
[1] crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PAPER | 6 % | 5 |
| BEST | 6 % | 4 |
| INITIAL | 6 % | 7 |
| SACAGAWEA | 6 % | 9 |
| WASHINGTON | 6 % | 10 |
| EISENHOWER | 6 % | 10 |
| TWOMINUSONE | 3 % | 11 |
| ACHIEVEDVICTORY | 3 % | 15 |
| ANDA | 3 % | 4 |
| TOP | 3 % | 3 |
| TENTH | 3 % | 5 |
| ELEVENGALLONHAT | 3 % | 15 |
| TICTACTOEBOARD | 3 % | 14 |
| 30 or 2 | 3 % | 7 |
| ENTERPRISE | 3 % | 10 |
| SUSANBANTHONY | 3 % | 13 |
| MUFFIN | 3 % | 6 |
| THREE | 3 % | 5 |
| MINTJULEP | 3 % | 9 |
| FIRSTPERSONSINGULAR | 3 % | 19 |
| THEBEST | 3 % | 7 |
| SLOW | 3 % | 4 |
| TIME | 3 % | 4 |
| EXCLAMATIONMARK | 3 % | 15 |
| TOOKTHEGOLD | 3 % | 11 |
| JAN | 3 % | 3 |
Why may SLOW be the right solution?
The answer to "#1" is "SLOW" because it means the opposite of fast or quick. It fits the clue and is a common word often used in crossword puzzles.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: [1]
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- wash out
- cut up
- pull out
- pull in
- pull up
- pull over
- work out
- ride down
- rush hour
- home team
- back into
- put up
Crossword Answer definitions
PAPER noun- A sheet material used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water.
- A newspaper or anything used as such (such as a newsletter or listing magazine).
- Wallpaper.
- Wrapping paper.
- (rock paper scissors) An open hand (a handshape resembling a sheet of paper), that beats rock and loses to scissors. It loses to lizard and beats Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
- A written document, generally shorter than a book (white paper, term paper), in particular one written for the Government.
- A written document that reports scientific or academic research and is usually subjected to peer review before publication in a scientific journal (as a journal article or the manuscript for one) or in the proceedings of a scientific or academic meeting (such as a conference, workshop, or symposium).
- A scholastic essay.
- A set of examination questions to be answered at one session.
- Money.
- A university course.
- A paper packet containing a quantity of items.
- A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application.
- A substance resembling paper secreted by certain invertebrates as protection for their nests and eggs.
- Free passes of admission to a theatre, etc.
- (by extension) The people admitted by free passes.
- To apply paper to.
- To document; to memorialize.
- To fill (a theatre or other paid event) with complimentary seats.
- To submit official papers to (a law court, etc.).
- To give public notice (typically by displaying posters) that a person is wanted by the police or other authority.
- To sandpaper.
- To enfold in paper.
- To paste the endpapers and flyleaves at the beginning and end of a book before fitting it into its covers.
- Made of paper.
- Insubstantial (from the weakness of common paper)
- Planned (from plans being drawn up on paper)
- Having a title that is merely official, or given by courtesy or convention.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result PAPER
- Kind of trail or tiger
- Word with Manila or India
- Dog-training site, perhaps
- Written composition
- With 37 Down, empty threat
- Post, e.g.
- Rolling ___
- Writing material
- The Globe, e.g.
- Onionskin
More clues leading to the result BEST
- Old-time actress Edna
- Tops
- Defeat
- Optimal
- Nonpareil
- A+
- Top-level
- Highest-quality
- Oscar-night word
- Cheers alternative
More clues leading to the result INITIAL
- Okay, in a way
- Alfred E. Neuman has one
- Letter with a period
- Sign in a brief way
- First
- Acronym component
- Beginning
- Monogram character
- The "I" of FBI, e.g.
- Part of JFK?
More clues leading to the result SACAGAWEA
More clues leading to the result WASHINGTON
- City where the Rabbis' March on October 6, 1943, protested inaction against the Holocaust
- Capitol city
- Presidential base
- Saw nothing, in a way?
- Winner at Princeton, 1777
- Part 2 of quote
- Part 2 of quip
- State not south of 18 Across
- 58-Across of 1996
- He made a famous Christmas trip.
More clues leading to the result EISENHOWER
- Part of DDE
- THE DOCTOR'S FAMOUS PATIENT
- "Crusade in Europe" author
- Matthew Ridgway succeeded him as NATO head
- Commander of U. S. forces in Europe.
- Allied commander in North Africa.
- U. S. commander of Allied invasion forces.
- U.S. general recently honored by King George VI.
- He says "Public opinion wins wars."
- Kansan general.
More clues leading to the result TWOMINUSONE
More clues leading to the result ACHIEVEDVICTORY
More clues leading to the result ANDA
- Bushel/peck link
- "A Bushel __ Peck"
- Lick ___ promise
- Bushel-peck link
- Time-half link
- Time ___ half
- Forever __ day
- "Bushel __ Peck"
- Time __ half (pay rate)
- Forever-day link
More clues leading to the result TOP
- "__ Hat" (Berlin musical)
- "__ o' the mornin'"
- Crowning point
- Dreidel e.g.
- Inning half
- Surpass
- Exceed
- Foremost
- Spinning toy
- Beyonce's "Love on ___"
More clues leading to the result TENTH
- X, to a king
- Kegler's frame
- Extra inning
- Tithe
- Tithing amount
- Final Commandment
- Commandment about coveting
- First inning of extra innings
- Last frame
- Amendment that limits federal power
More clues leading to the result ELEVENGALLONHAT
- Oversized Stetson?
- Macho, macho Stetson?
- –1
- Cowboy accessory, and then some
- More voluminous cowboy accessory?
More clues leading to the result TICTACTOEBOARD
More clues leading to the result 30 or 2
More clues leading to the result ENTERPRISE
- Command for 10D
- Adverturousness
- Important project
- Scotty worked on it
- Picard's craft
- Undertaking
- Venture
- "Star Trek" ship
- Famous U. S. aircraft carrier, saw action in Pacific arena.
- U. S. aircraft carrier.
More clues leading to the result SUSANBANTHONY
- Suffragist pioneer
- Pioneer suffragist on some dollar coins
- Early woman activist
- Pioneer suffragist
- 19th-century writer/lecturer who advocated 20-Across
- Co-founder of the women's rights newspaper The Revolution
- Daughters of Temperance founder
- $1
- Dollar figure
More clues leading to the result MUFFIN
- "Oh, do you know the ___ man" (children's lyric)
- English, in eateries
- #1
- Breakfast choice
- "English" breakfast
- Breakfast bread
- Breakfast order
- Honeybun
- English ___
- Bran or blueberry
More clues leading to the result THREE
- French hen count
- Triplet
- Fiddler count
- Lowest par
- Makes company a crowd
- Crowd maker
- Crowd number
- Shot from behind the arc
- Minimum group sex count
- Midafternoon
More clues leading to the result MINTJULEP
- 1
- Derby drink
- Derby specialty
- Bourbon concoction
- Kentucky Derby quaff
- Kremlin Colonel relative
- Traditional drink at the Kentucky Derby
- Libation associated with 17 Across.
- Drink at Churchill Downs.
- Cool beverage
More clues leading to the result FIRSTPERSONSINGULAR
More clues leading to the result THEBEST
- Tops
- Make ___ of (cope)
- It's yet to come
- Of superior quality
- Top-notch
- Number one
- What "is yet to come," in a Sinatra classic
- With 51-Across, Sinatra classic, and a hint to completing three puzzle answers
- __ of all possible worlds
- Top-rated
More clues leading to the result SLOW
- Street sign
- Highway warning
- Like molasses
- Snail-like
- __-pitch softball
- Not so fast
- Musically retarded
- Be cautious rounding a corner
- Not busy
- A bit thick
More clues leading to the result TIME
- It's served in prison
- What you may find on your hands
- Five to two or ten to one
- Clock
- Henry Luce's magazine
- ___ Warner
- Ump's call
- Thing said to fly or march on
- It's money, it's said
- Life partner?