The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word STY , but the solution may also be MESS which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in New York Times).
Cleanup target crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| STY | 33 % | 3 |
| MESS | 33 % | 4 |
| ACT | 22 % | 3 |
| RESIDUE | 11 % | 7 |
Why may MESS be the right solution?
The answer "MESS" fits the clue "Cleanup target" because a mess is something that needs to be cleaned up or tidied.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Cleanup target
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- act
- mess
- sty
- residue
- rake
- dustpan
- clearance
- janitor
- neaten
- bat
- broom
- clean
Crossword Answer definitions
STY noun- A pen or enclosure for swine.
- A messy, dirty or debauched place.
- To place in, or as if in, a sty
- To live in a sty, or any messy or dirty place
- A ladder.
- To ascend, rise up, climb.
- An inflammation of the eyelid.
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 STY
More clues leading to the result MESS
- Boot-camp fare
- Interfere
- Military meal
- Not a pretty sight
- Quantico cuisine
- Recruit's dinner
- Shambles
- Teen's room, often
- Army chow
- Predicament
More clues leading to the result ACT
- Be in a picture
- Charade
- Circus routine
- Class __
- Do something
- Drama part
- Ham it up
- Play the part
- Statute
- Tread the boards