The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word AXED , but the solution may also be LETGO which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in New York Times).
Canned crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| AXED | 77 % | 4 |
| FIRED | 7 % | 5 |
| LETGO | 5 % | 5 |
| ONTAPE | 5 % | 6 |
| INSTIR | 2 % | 6 |
| UPTHERIVER | 2 % | 10 |
| SACKED | 2 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Canned
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- tinned
- recorded
- transcribed
- preserved
- bottled
- box
- frozen
- boxed
- preserves
- store-bought
- axed
- preserving
Crossword Answer definitions
AXED verb- To request (information, or an answer to a question).
- To put forward (a question) to be answered.
- To interrogate or enquire of (a person).
- To request or petition; usually with for.
- To request permission to do something.
- To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity.
- To invite.
- To publish in church for marriage; said of both the banns and the persons.
- To take (a person's situation) as an example.
- To fell or chop with an axe.
- To lay off, terminate or drastically reduce, especially in a rough or ruthless manner; to cancel.
- To furnish with an axle.
- Having a specified number of type of axis.
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 AXED
More clues leading to the result FIRED
- Baked in a kiln
- Off the payroll
- Leaving work early, perhaps
- Shot
- Given the boot
- Discharged
- Given the gate
- Let go
- Given the ax
- Terminated
More clues leading to the result LETGO
- Fire
- Release
- Command said while hitting someone with your purse
- Don't be inhibited
- Downsized
- Released
- Given one's walking papers
- Taken off the payroll
- "Turn loose!"
- Dismiss
More clues leading to the result ONTAPE
- Like many an interview
- VHS'd
- Not live
- Already recorded
- Captured for broadcast
- Captured, in a way
- Recorded
- Recorded, pre ProTools
- Opposite of live
- Recorded in a way
More clues leading to the result INSTIR
- Jailed
- Locked up
- Serving time
- Doing time, colloquially
- Locked up, slangily
- Canned?
- Penned?
- Behind bars
- Doing time
- Finishing a sentence, say