The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word DESKS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1974.
Clerks' bailiwicks crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DESKS | 100 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Clerks' bailiwicks
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Crossword Answer definitions
DESKS noun- A table, frame, or case, in past centuries usually with a sloping top but now usually with a flat top, for the use of writers and readers. It often has a drawer or repository underneath.
- A reading table or lectern to support the book from which the liturgical service is read, differing from the pulpit from which the sermon is preached; also (especially in the United States), a pulpit. Hence, used symbolically for the clerical profession.
- A department of a newspaper tasked with covering a particular geographical region or aspect of the news.
- To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure.
- To equip with a desk or desks.
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