The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word CRANS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1983.
British herring measures crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CRANS | 100 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: British herring measures
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- cade
- groat
- pilchard
- plate
- bit
- bits
- last
- bath
- put
- affect
- cast
Crossword Answer definitions
CRANS noun- A measure of herrings, either imprecise or sometimes legally specified. It has sometimes been about 37½ imperial gallons, or 750 herring on average.
- (by extension) A barrel made to hold such a measure.
- An embellishment played on the lowest note of a chanter of a bagpipe, consisting of a series of grace notes produced by rapid sequential lifting of the fingers of the lower hand.
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