The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word REINS , but the solution may also be TESTS which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Checks crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| REINS | 22 % | 5 |
| STEMS | 20 % | 5 |
| ARRESTS | 8 % | 7 |
| DETERS | 8 % | 6 |
| REINSIN | 5 % | 7 |
| STOPS | 4 % | 5 |
| CURBS | 4 % | 5 |
| TABS | 3 % | 4 |
| RESTRAINS | 3 % | 9 |
| TESTS | 3 % | 5 |
| RESTAURANTBILLS | 2 % | 15 |
| EXAMINES | 2 % | 8 |
| BALANCESPARTNER | 2 % | 15 |
| DAMPS | 2 % | 5 |
| BALKS | 1 % | 5 |
| STAYS | 1 % | 5 |
| DETAIN | 1 % | 6 |
| DAMPS Down 1 Red-bellied trout | 1 % | 30 |
| MANACLES | 1 % | 8 |
| DRAFTS | 1 % | 6 |
| LOOKSOVER | 1 % | 9 |
| HINDERS | 1 % | 7 |
| SQUARES | 1 % | 7 |
| SNUBS | 1 % | 5 |
| STIFLES | 1 % | 7 |
| VETS | 1 % | 4 |
| RETARDS | 1 % | 7 |
| PREVENTS | 1 % | 8 |
| STEM | 1 % | 4 |
| DETAINS | 1 % | 7 |
Why may DAMPSDOWN1-RED-BELLIED-TROUT be the right solution?
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Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Checks
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- match
- hitch
- check out
- curb
- check into
- checkout
- turn back
- arrest
- hold
- test
- assay
- cheque
Crossword Answer definitions
REINS noun- A strap or rope attached to a bridle or bit, used to control a horse, animal or young child.
- An instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing.
- To direct or stop a horse by using reins.
- To restrain; to control; to check.
- To obey directions given with the reins.
- (chiefly in plural) A kidney.
- The inward impulses; the affections and passions, formerly supposed to be located in the area of the kidneys.
- The kidneys.
- The lower part of the back.
- The loins.
- The parts of a vault between the crown and the spring or abutment, including, and having especial reference to, the loading or filling behind the shell of the vault.
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 REINS
- Holds back
- Jockey's grip
- Checks
- Jockey's handful
- Cowboy's controls
- Means of control
- Retards
- Sleigh-driver's controls
- They may run down the neck
- Checkers for dobbins
More clues leading to the result STEMS
- Meerschaum parts
- Holds back
- Wineglass features
- Pipe parts
- Flower holders?
- Applies a tourniquet
- Makes headway against
- Rose supporters
- Goblet elements
- Flower holders
More clues leading to the result ARRESTS
- Takes into custody
- Collars
- Takes in parts of rap records? (7)
- Cuffs
- Police-force stat
- Checks
- Rap sheet data
- Takes in for booking
- Stems
- Rap sheet entries
More clues leading to the result DETERS
More clues leading to the result REINSIN
- Controls skinnier punk leaving kindergarten (5,2)
- Checks
- Holds back
- Restrains
- Curbs
- Brings under control
- Pulls back
- Causes to stop, as a steed.
- Constrains.
- Checks, as spending
More clues leading to the result STOPS
- Organ parts
- Cuts out
- Organ settings
- Prepares to frisk, say
- Pulls over
- Puts an end to
- Eggspires
- Quits
- Train schedule towns
- Wards off
More clues leading to the result CURBS
- Limits
- Checks
- Controls
- Parking meter places
- Places for recycling
- Cuts back
- Restrains
- Hydrant locales
- Puts the brakes on
- Urban borders
More clues leading to the result TABS
- Early soda can features
- Quick access flaps
- Labels
- PC keys
- Chrome pages
- Drinks might be on them
- File folder extensions
- Indent settings
- Office setting?
- Word setting
More clues leading to the result RESTRAINS
More clues leading to the result TESTS
- True-false, et al.
- Written and oral
- It's OK to take these
- Trials
- Dry runs
- Medical screenings
- Midterm miseries
- Assessments of blood and IQ, e.g.
- Tries out
- They may make the grade
More clues leading to the result RESTAURANTBILLS
More clues leading to the result EXAMINES
- Grills with test questions
- Checks out
- Scrutinizes
- Scrutinizes.
- Tests.
- Studies
- See 40-Across
- With 21-Down, questions in court
- Checks
- Probes
More clues leading to the result BALANCESPARTNER
More clues leading to the result DAMPS
- Wets
- Tends to the furnace
- Moistens
- Lightly wets
- Gets a little water on
- Deadens
- Makes wet
- Deadens, as a piano string
- Extinguishes a fire
- Soft-pedals?
More clues leading to the result BALKS
- Randy Johnson miscues
- Pitching misfires
- Goofs as a pitcher
- Mound infractions
- Mound no-nos
- Refuses to proceed
- Has second thoughts
- Stubbornly refuses to proceed
- Illegal pitching moves
- Messes up on the mound
More clues leading to the result STAYS
- Corset supports
- Doesn't go
- Corset stiffeners
- Death row reprieves
- Collar inserts
- Collar holders
- Sticks around
- Corsets
- Corset features
- Last-minute calls to death row
More clues leading to the result DETAIN
- Hold back
- Hold up
- Keep in custody
- Hold in custody
- Keep from leaving
- Hold for questioning, perhaps
- Hold
- Check.
- Make late.
- Hold back.
More clues leading to the result DAMPS Down 1 Red-bellied trout
More clues leading to the result MANACLES
More clues leading to the result DRAFTS
- Calls up, in a way
- Taproom offerings
- Preliminary sketches
- Rough sketches
- Some works in progress
- Budweiser and Coors, often
- Early manuscript versions
- Fantasy football events
- Chilly breezes
- Some are rough
More clues leading to the result LOOKSOVER
More clues leading to the result HINDERS
More clues leading to the result SQUARES
- Daily trio for many
- Filling meals, slangily
- L7s
- See 81-Across
- They're not with it
- Equiangular rhombi
- Times, Madison, etc.
- Un-hep people: Slang.
- Open areas of a city or town.
- Back numbers.
More clues leading to the result SNUBS
- Non-invitations
- Hot topic after Oscar nominations are announced
- Cold-shoulders
- Gives the cold shoulder to
- Slights
- Ignores intentionally
- Ignores purposely
- Rebuffs rudely
- Refuses to acknowledge
- Treats with disdain
More clues leading to the result STIFLES
- Quashes
- Puts down
- Puts down, as a revolt
- Quenches.
- Represses.
- Suppresses
- Represses
- Squelches
- Stops, as a yawn
- Nips in the bud
More clues leading to the result VETS
- Fitting docs for this puzzle
- Boxers' doctors
- Looks over
- Animal docs
- Docs for dachshunds
- Doggy docs
- 11/11 honorees
- Fact-checks
- Old hands
- Goes over with a fine-tooth comb
More clues leading to the result RETARDS
- Slows down
- Changes from allegro to moderato, say
- Halts, as growth
- Slows
- Impedes
- Hinders.
- Slows.
- Holds back.
- Impedes.
- Hinders
More clues leading to the result PREVENTS
More clues leading to the result STEM
- Derive from
- Bud supporter
- Flower holder
- Pipe part
- Stern's other end?
- Watch part
- Wine glass feature
- Wine glass part
- Bloom supporter
- Check