The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word NEEDS , but the solution may also be WARRANTS which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in LA Times).
Calls for crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| NEEDS | 54 % | 5 |
| ASKS | 14 % | 4 |
| ENTAILS | 9 % | 7 |
| MERITS | 7 % | 6 |
| EXACTS | 4 % | 6 |
| PAGES | 2 % | 5 |
| WARRANTS | 2 % | 8 |
| INVOLVES | 2 % | 8 |
| YEAS | 2 % | 4 |
| SENDS | 2 % | 5 |
| DEMANDS | 2 % | 7 |
| DEXDS | 2 % | 5 |
Why may SENDS be the right solution?
The word "calls" can mean "requests" or "demands," and "sends" can mean "dispatches" or "delivers," which makes it a suitable synonym for "calls (for)."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Calls for
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- call for
- called for
- call on
- call upon
- callin
- call out
- call up
- call in
- call at
- callout
- summons
- call forth
Crossword Answer definitions
NEEDS adverb- Of necessity; necessarily; indispensably; used with an auxiliary verb (often must), and equivalent to "of need".
- A requirement for something; something needed.
- Lack of means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.
- To have an absolute requirement for.
- To want strongly; to feel that one must have something.
- (modal verb) To be obliged or required (to do something).
- To be required; to be necessary.
- To be necessary (to someone).
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 NEEDS
- Basic ___
- Has to have
- Requirements
- Must have
- Requires
- Lacks
- Prerequisites
- Calls for
- They may be met
- Food, clothing, and shelter, e.g.
More clues leading to the result ASKS
More clues leading to the result ENTAILS
- Involves
- Imposes as a condition
- Involves by necessity
- Means
- Brings into play
- Calls for
- Necessitates
- Requires
- Means necessarily
- Must involve
More clues leading to the result MERITS
- Some cigarettes
- Case-deciding basis
- Upsides
- Badge-earning qualities
- Deserves
- Is worthy of
- Facts of a case
- Inherent rights and wrongs, as of a case
- Has coming
- Good qualities
More clues leading to the result EXACTS
- Draws (from)
- Forces, as payment
- Demands
- Makes happen, as revenge
- Obtains, as revenge
- Demands, as respect
- Demands, as payment
- Calls for
- Carries out, as revenge
- Demands (from)
More clues leading to the result PAGES
- Beeps
- Some summonses
- Leaves
- Leaves to turn
- Airport summonses
- Leaves from the library
- Knights' right hands
- The original U.S. Constitution had four of them
- Senate assistants
- Reader's turns
More clues leading to the result WARRANTS
More clues leading to the result INVOLVES
More clues leading to the result YEAS
- Certain votes
- Shouts of approval
- Votes of agreement
- Votes for
- Affirmative votes
- Hurrahs
- Some votes
- House calls
- Votes for passage
- House votes
More clues leading to the result SENDS
- Dispatches
- E-mails
- Posts
- Transmits in Morse code
- Launches
- Ships
- Does some emailing
- Elates
- Mails off
- Uses the FedEx Office, likely
More clues leading to the result DEMANDS
- Ultimatums
- Picket-line chants
- Claims formally
- Doesn't just ask
- Urgent orders
- Ransom note contents
- Asks for.
- Queries.
- Claims.
- Requires.