The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word BURDEN which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 2017.
Ball and chain, say crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BURDEN | 100 % | 6 |
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Crossword Answer definitions
BURDEN noun- A heavy load.
- A responsibility, onus.
- A cause of worry; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.
- The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry.
- The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.
- The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace.
- A fixed quantity of certain commodities.
- A birth.
- The total amount of toxins, parasites, cancer cells, plaque or similar present in an organism.
- To encumber with a literal or figurative burden.
- To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable).
- A phrase or theme that recurs at the end of each verse in a folk song or ballad.
- The drone of a bagpipe.
- Theme, core idea.
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