The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ENLARGE , but the solution may also be Abbr. which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in LA Times).
Blow up crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ENLARGE | 34 % | 7 |
| INFLATE | 9 % | 7 |
| ERUPT | 6 % | 5 |
| DYNAMITE | 5 % | 8 |
| BLOAT | 5 % | 5 |
| GETMAD | 4 % | 6 |
| MAGNIFY | 4 % | 7 |
| INFLATEABALLOON | 3 % | 15 |
| RAGE | 3 % | 4 |
| ENLARGEAPICTURE | 3 % | 15 |
| GETSORE | 2 % | 7 |
| BECOMEVERYIRATE | 2 % | 15 |
| EXPLODE | 2 % | 7 |
| SUPERSIZE | 1 % | 9 |
| Abbr. | 1 % | 5 |
| BALLOON | 1 % | 7 |
| GETANGRY | 1 % | 8 |
| BECOMEVERYANGRY | 1 % | 15 |
| SWELL | 1 % | 5 |
| BOILOVER | 1 % | 8 |
| OVERSTATE | 1 % | 9 |
| LOSEIT | 1 % | 6 |
| PROVEFALSE | 1 % | 10 |
| FLYOFFTHEHANDLE | 1 % | 15 |
| INATE | 1 % | 5 |
| LOSEYOURHEAD | 1 % | 12 |
| POP | 1 % | 3 |
| ERUACPT | 1 % | 7 |
| DETONATE | 1 % | 8 |
| AERATE | 1 % | 6 |
Why may MAGNIFY be the right solution?
The answer "MAGNIFY" fits the clue "Blow up" because when you magnify something, you make it appear larger or more prominent, which is similar to the idea of blowing something up in size or importance.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Blow up
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- explode
- detonate
- inflate
- puff out
- set off
- puff up
- expand
- puff
- throw a fit
- enlarge
- amplify
- aggrandize
Crossword Answer definitions
ENLARGE verb- To make larger.
- To grow larger.
- To increase the capacity of; to expand; to give free scope or greater scope to; also, to dilate, as with joy, affection, etc.
- To speak or write at length upon or on (some subject); expand; elaborate
- To release; to set at large.
- To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; said of the wind.
- To extend the time allowed for compliance with (an order or rule).
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 ENLARGE
- Blow up
- Blow up a picture
- Swell
- Blow up, as a picture
- Zoom in on
- Expand
- Make bigger
- Add a wing to
- Broaden
- Create a bigger picture of
More clues leading to the result INFLATE
- Make swell
- Exaggerate
- Prepare an air mattress
- Blow up
- Blow up.
- Expand.
- Puff up.
- Distend
- Expand, in a way
- Make bigger
More clues leading to the result ERUPT
- Break out
- Emerge violently
- Explode
- Go ballistic
- Blow
- Blow one's top
- Shoot out flames
- Do as Pinatubo did
- Burst
- Become active, as a volcano
More clues leading to the result DYNAMITE
- It's a blast
- Blow up
- Topnotch!
- Top-notch
- Nobel's invention
- Demolition need
- Super
- Explode.
- Powerful stuff.
- Blow up.
More clues leading to the result BLOAT
- Inflate
- Swell
- Swell up
- Reason for downsizing
- Get swollen
- Fill to capacity
- Puff up
- Cause to swell
- Balloon
- Become swollen
More clues leading to the result GETMAD
- Turn into the Hulk, perhaps
- Fly off the handle
- Become angry
- See red
- Erupt
- Lose one's temper
- Blow up
- Hit the roof
- Pop one's cork
- Blow a gasket
More clues leading to the result MAGNIFY
More clues leading to the result INFLATEABALLOON
More clues leading to the result RAGE
- Blow a gasket
- Explode
- Fury
- Fuss and fume
- Go crazy
- Have a fit of anger
- In thing
- Rant and rave
- Road ___
- Throw a tantrum
More clues leading to the result ENLARGEAPICTURE
More clues leading to the result GETSORE
- Become peeved
- Lose one's sense of humor
- Become irritated
- Become resentful
- Blow up
- Bristle
- Overdo it at the gym
- Start to boil over?
- Become ticked off
More clues leading to the result BECOMEVERYIRATE
More clues leading to the result EXPLODE
- Burst
- Go boom
- Really lose it
- Blow up
- Go ape
- Break forth.
- Blow one's top
- Hit the ceiling
- Detonate
- Go off, as a bomb
More clues leading to the result SUPERSIZE
- McDonald's verb
- Tall order at McDonald's, once?
- Fast food order
- Blow up
- 2004 documentary film title (with "Me")
- Increase, as one's order
- Make bigger at McDonald’s
More clues leading to the result Abbr.
- QB goof
- Drill instructor's rank, often
- You might need just the "last four" of it
- Spanish title
- Ramps might connect them
- Largest in a set of kitchen measurers
- Particularly
- 16 cups
- Essay count
- Land bordering 26-Across
More clues leading to the result BALLOON
- Party popper
- Blow up
- Party decoration
- Puff up
- Auguste's Piccard's vehicle.
- Vocal part of a comic strip.
- Sausage ___.
- Trial ___.
- Child's toy.
- Circus purchase
More clues leading to the result GETANGRY
More clues leading to the result BECOMEVERYANGRY
More clues leading to the result SWELL
More clues leading to the result BOILOVER
More clues leading to the result OVERSTATE
- Hyperbolize
- Blow out of proportion
- Exaggerate
- Lay on thick
- Be too generous with
- Exaggerate.
- Declare in too strong terms.
- Make too good a case
- Fudge, say
- Blow up
More clues leading to the result LOSEIT
More clues leading to the result PROVEFALSE
More clues leading to the result FLYOFFTHEHANDLE
- Blow a fuse
- Flip out
- Lose it
- React angrily
- Gag: Part 4
- Rant and rave
- Snap
- What an angry witch might do?
- Blow up
- Become angry
More clues leading to the result INATE
More clues leading to the result LOSEYOURHEAD
More clues leading to the result POP
- __ for (buy)
- __-up (infielder's chance)
- Grammy Awards category
- Weasel word?
- Type of quiz
- Household name
- "The French Connection" character
- Bottle opening sound
- Bubble bursting noise
- Gotye genre
More clues leading to the result ERUACPT
More clues leading to the result DETONATE
- Explode with violence
- Cause to explode
- Explode with suddenness
- Set off
- Blow up
- Go boom
- Go off
- Explode.
- What cannon do.
- Go off.