The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word DESERT which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2008.
22 Across, for one crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DESERT | 33 % | 6 |
| IRISHMAN | 33 % | 8 |
| SATYR | 33 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: 22 Across, for one
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Crossword Answer definitions
DESERT noun- (usually in the plural) That which is deserved or merited; a just punishment or reward
- A barren area of land or desolate terrain, especially one with little water or vegetation; a wasteland.
- Any barren place or situation.
- Usually of a place: abandoned, deserted, or uninhabited.
- To leave (anything that depends on one's presence to survive, exist, or succeed), especially when contrary to a promise or obligation; to abandon; to forsake.
- To leave one's duty or post, especially to leave a military or naval unit without permission.
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 DESERT
- Abandon
- Leave in the lurch
- Painted, for one
- Defect
- Dry zone
- Dry land
- "The English Patient" setting
- Food ___ (place where affordable food is hard to come by)
- Nevada, mainly
- Run out on
More clues leading to the result IRISHMAN
- James Joyce, e.g.
- Yeats, for one
- Dubliner, e.g.
- John A. Costello, for instance.
- Sean O'Kelly, for instance.
- Dubliner.
- Mulvaney of "Soldiers Three."
- 22 Across, for one.
- Sligo native
- James Joyce or Samuel Beckett, e.g.