The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word FEND which also is the latest solution we found used in Universal uClick in 2000.
Be independent crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| FEND | 50 % | 4 |
| FREELANCE | 25 % | 9 |
| SPLITONESTICKET | 25 % | 15 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Be independent
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- autonomous
- self-governing
- self-reliant
- self-sufficient
- independence
- independent means
- autonomously
- individualism
- bootstrap
- independent
- individualist
- automatic
Crossword Answer definitions
FEND noun- Self-support; taking care of one's own well-being.
- To take care of oneself; to take responsibility for one's own well-being.
- (except as "fend for oneself") To defend, to take care of (typically construed with for); to block or push away (typically construed with off).
- An enemy; fiend; the Devil.
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 FEND
- __ off (resist)
- Try to resist
- Ward off
- Repel, with "off"
- Ward (off)
- Forestall, with "off"
- Provide, as for oneself
- Stave (off)
- ___ off (repel)
- ___ off (parry)
More clues leading to the result FREELANCE
- Home work?
- Like most paparazzi
- Self-employed professional
- Working like a Middle Ages mercenary
- Like some photographers and writers
- Be independent
- Like some writers
- Independent, in a way
- Self-employed
- Self-employed, as a writer