The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word LENDS , but the solution may also be INROADS which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Advances crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LENDS | 31 % | 5 |
| LOANS | 20 % | 5 |
| RISES | 6 % | 5 |
| STRIDES | 6 % | 7 |
| INROADS | 6 % | 7 |
| GAINS | 5 % | 5 |
| NOSES | 3 % | 5 |
| NEARS | 3 % | 5 |
| GETSAHEAD | 3 % | 9 |
| MOVES | 3 % | 5 |
| MOVESUP | 3 % | 7 |
| PROMOTES | 2 % | 8 |
| STEPS | 2 % | 5 |
| HELPS | 2 % | 5 |
| JAI | 2 % | 3 |
| FURTHERS | 2 % | 8 |
| STEPSUP | 2 % | 7 |
Why may INROADS be the right solution?
The word "advances" suggests progress or movement forward, which is also conveyed by the word "inroads" meaning progress or advances made, especially in a difficult situation.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Advances
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- progression
- get ahead
- progress
- advancement
- make headway
- gain ground
- further
- march on
- promote
- move on
- improvement
- shape up
Crossword Answer definitions
LENDS verb- To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.
- To make a loan.
- To be suitable or applicable, to fit.
- To afford; to grant or furnish in general.
- To borrow.
- Loins
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 LENDS
- Imparts
- Offers a mortgage
- Loans
- Allows to borrow
- Lets someone use
- Gives over for a while
- Gives temporarily
- Extends credit
- ___ a hand (helps out)
- Generates interest?
More clues leading to the result LOANS
- Sharks' deals
- Gives out money
- Advances
- Library transactions
- Bank bueiness
- Bank transactions
- CIBC transactions
- Subprime offerings
- Graduate's financial burden
- They may be floated
More clues leading to the result RISES
- Advances
- Responds to yeast
- What the sun also does
- Gets up
- __ alai
- Comes up
- Upslopes
- Greets the day
- Goes up
- Increases
More clues leading to the result STRIDES
- Progress, so to speak
- Hardly baby steps
- Walks purposefully
- Steps in the right direction
- Footsteps
- Progress
- Advances
- Headway
- Takes steps
- Walks with purpose
More clues leading to the result INROADS
- Penetrations
- Encroachments
- Progress
- Tactical advancements
- Gradual encroachments
- Serious encroachments
- Advances beyond usual limits
- Sudden attacks
- Advances
- Beginnings of progress
More clues leading to the result GAINS
- Adds a spare tire
- Acquires
- Plusses
- Capital __
- Profits
- Backs' pickups
- Picks up yardage
- Bull's hopes
- Increases
- Brings in
More clues leading to the result NOSES
- Attendance count, perhaps
- Prominent features of Durante and de Bergerac
- __ around (snoops)
- Facial features
- Winter runners
- Specs supports
- Clowns' features
- Features of Groucho Marx glasses
- Something to count
- They get counted
More clues leading to the result NEARS
- Gets close
- Gets warm, clue-wise
- Approaches
- Comes close
- Gets warmer
- Draws close
- Closes in on
- Gets closer
- Gets warmer?
- Impends
More clues leading to the result GETSAHEAD
More clues leading to the result MOVES
- Pulls up stakes
- Gets a change of scenery?
- Relocates
- Chess turns
- Chess choice
- Leaves town, maybe
- Doesn't freeze
- Shifts
- Changes places
- Chess activity
More clues leading to the result MOVESUP
More clues leading to the result PROMOTES
- Plugs
- Publicizes
- Advances.
- Stirs up interest for.
- Furthers.
- Stages, as fights
- Furthers
- Advertises
- Pushes
- Hypes up
More clues leading to the result STEPS
- Actions
- Dance movements
- Levels
- Arthur Murray moves
- Series of actions
- They may be taken
- With 51-Down, starts using, as a bathroom scale
- Word after 12 or 39
- Plan parts
- Stair parts
More clues leading to the result HELPS
- Pitches in
- Gives a hand
- Assists
- Shares in the labor
- Bails out
- Provides some assistance
- Lends a hand
- Gives assistance
- Answers an SOS
- Rescues
More clues leading to the result JAI
- __ alai
- Half court game?
- Advances
- "___ Ho (You Are My Destiny)" (2009 Pussycat Dolls song)
- "___ Ho" ("Slumdog Millionaire" showstopper)
- "___ Ho" (2008 Best Original Song)
- "___ Ho" (2009 Best Original Song)
- ___ alai
- "___ Ho" (Academy Award-winning song from "Slumdog Millionaire"
- With 1 Across, fronton sport