The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word TIE which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2024.
Cause for overtime crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TIE | 100 % | 3 |
Why may TIE be the right solution?
The answer "TIE" works for the clue "Cause for overtime" because in sports like soccer or hockey, when the score is tied at the end of regular play, overtime is played to determine the winner.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Cause for overtime
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- overtime work
- overtime pay
- tie
- buck
- overwork
- hour
- tiebreaker
- decider
- even
- part
- patt
- double time
Crossword Answer definitions
TIE noun- A knot; a fastening.
- A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.
- A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie.
- The situation in which two or more participants in a competition are placed equally.
- A twist tie, a piece of wire embedded in paper, strip of plastic with ratchets, or similar object which is wound around something and tightened.
- A strong connection between people or groups of people.
- A structural member firmly holding two pieces together.
- A horizontal wooden or concrete structural member that supports and ties together rails.
- The situation at the end of all innings of a match where both sides have the same total of runs (different from a draw).
- A meeting between two players or teams in a competition.
- A curved line connecting two notes of the same pitch denoting that they should be played as a single note with the combined length of both notes.
- One or more equal values or sets of equal values in the data set.
- A bearing and distance between a lot corner or point and a benchmark or iron off site.
- A connection between two vertices.
- A tiewig.
- To twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely.
- To form (a knot or the like) in a string or the like.
- To attach or fasten (one thing to another) by string or the like.
- To secure (something) by string or the like.
- To have the same score or position as another in a competition or ordering.
- To have the same score or position as (another) in a competition or ordering.
- To unite (musical notes) with a line or slur in the notation.
- To believe; to credit.
- In the Perl programming language, to extend (a variable) so that standard operations performed upon it invoke custom functionality instead.
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