The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ECLIPSE which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2019.
Cause of a blackout crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
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ECLIPSE | 50 % | 7 |
POWERFAILURE | 25 % | 12 |
FAINTINGFIT | 25 % | 11 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Cause of a blackout
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- storm
- break
- interrupt
- lapse
- breakdown
- interruption
- outage
- suspension
- syncope
- faint
- ban
- disruption
Crossword Answer definitions
ECLIPSE noun- An alignment of astronomical objects whereby one object comes between the observer (or notional observer) and another object, thus obscuring the latter.
- Especially, an alignment whereby a planetary object (for example, the Moon) comes between the Sun and another planetary object (for example, the Earth), resulting in a shadow being cast by the middle planetary object onto the other planetary object.
- A seasonal state of plumage in some birds, notably ducks, adopted temporarily after the breeding season and characterised by a dull and scruffy appearance.
- Obscurity, decline, downfall
- Of astronomical bodies, to cause an eclipse.
- To overshadow; to be better or more noticeable than.
- (Irish grammar) To undergo eclipsis.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result ECLIPSE
- Outshine
- Put to shame
- Darkness at noon?
- "Total" solar event
- Intervention, of a sort
- Moonlight blockage
- Lunar or solar event
- It may leave you in the dark
- Celestial event
- High-level cover-up?