The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word VETO which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Sun in 2007.
Checks-and-balances option crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| VETO | 100 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Checks-and-balances option
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- veto
- check
- balance
- control
- counterbalance
- equilibrium
- power
- powers
- constraints
- clear
- cleared
- controls
Crossword Answer definitions
VETO noun- A political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc.
- An invocation of that right.
- An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.
- To use a veto against.
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