The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word PLANB , but the solution may also be UNDERSTUDY which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in LA Times).
Backup crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PLANB | 29 % | 5 |
| LOGJAM | 24 % | 6 |
| COPY | 10 % | 4 |
| UNDERSTUDY | 10 % | 10 |
| SUB | 10 % | 3 |
| ALTERNATE | 5 % | 9 |
| AUXILIARY | 5 % | 9 |
| SPARE | 5 % | 5 |
| CARLIGHT | 5 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Backup
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- fill-in
- substitute
- stand-in
- relief
- backup man
- computer backup
- backstop
- back-up
- safeguard
- safeguarding
- protection
- booster
Crossword Answer definitions
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 PLANB
- Backup procedure
- The alternative
- Backup
- Bounce-back strategy
- If-all-goes-wrong-the-first-time scheme
- What to try when the first attempt fails
- Ancillary strategy
- Fallback option
- Idea following a setback
- Backup strategy
More clues leading to the result LOGJAM
- River blockage
- Massive pileup
- Bottleneck
- Immovable pileup
- Immovable blockage
- Deadlock
- Pileup at a lumber mill
- Blockage
- Severe backup
- Backup
More clues leading to the result COPY
- Do some xeroxing
- Kind of cat?
- Kind of editor
- Photo finish?
- Emulate Shia LaBeouf
- Emulate
- Duplicate
- Cheat on a test
- Ad text
- Use the Xerox machine
More clues leading to the result UNDERSTUDY
More clues leading to the result SUB
- Deli offering
- Temp. teacher
- Deli order, sometimes
- Hero
- Lunch that requires two hands
- Bench-warmer
- Grinder's kin
- Stand-in
- "Nautilus," for one
- Second-stringer
More clues leading to the result ALTERNATE
- How to shake up Etna?
- See 33 Across
- Backup
- Take turns
- Deputy
- Vary by turns.
- Reciprocal.
- Vice, so to speak
- Sub
- What black and white squares do on a chessboard
More clues leading to the result AUXILIARY
More clues leading to the result SPARE
- Next best thing to a strike
- Left over
- Type of tire
- Diagonal line, on a score sheet
- Donut in a trunk
- Flat replacement
- It may be found in the trunk
- Trunk item
- Do without
- Converted split