Answer to "Accept responsibility for" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word SHOULDER , but the solution may also be OWN which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in New York Times).

Accept responsibility for crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
SHOULDER	33 %	8
OWN	33 %	3
SPONSOR	33 %	7

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Accept responsibility for

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• own up to
• admit
• shoulder
• father
• own
• shouldering
• shoulders
• undertake
• wash
• accountability
• bear
• husband

Crossword Answer definitions

SHOULDER noun

1. The part of an animal's body between the base of the neck and forearm socket.
2. Anything forming a shape resembling a human shoulder.
3. (topography) A shelf between two levels.
4. The flat portion of type that is below the bevelled portion that joins up with the face.
5. (of an object) The portion between the neck and the body.
6. That which supports or sustains; support.
7. The part of a key between the cuts and the bow.

SHOULDER verb

1. To push (a person or thing) using one's shoulder.
2. To put (something) on one's shoulders.
3. To place (something) against one's shoulders.
4. To bear a burden, as a financial obligation.
5. To accept responsibility for.
6. To form a shape resembling a shoulder.
7. To move by or as if by using one's shoulders.
8. To round and slightly raise the top edges of slate shingles so that they form a tighter fit at the lower edge and can be swung aside to expose the nail.
9. To slope downwards from the crest and whitewater portion of a wave.

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 SHOULDER

• Accept responsibility for
• Take responsibility for
• Side of a road
• Place to pull over
• Part 3 of advice
• Edge of a road, often soft.
• Soft or cold
• Jostle
• Assume the burden of
• Carry, as a burden

More clues leading to the result OWN

• "A League of Their ____"
• "My __ Private Idaho"
• Have in hand
• Fess up
• Have title to
• __ up (confess)
• Hold the deed to
• "A League of Their __"
• Has the deed to
• Dominate, as it were

More clues leading to the result SPONSOR

• Godfather, for one
• Champion
• Broadcast backer
• Word provider?
• Financial provider
• Name on a tote bag, perhaps
• Advertiser
• TV provider of "a word"
• Patron
• "And now a word from our __"