The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word INSURE , but the solution may also be ALIBI which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Cover, in a way crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters | 
|---|---|---|
| INSURE | 33 % | 6 | 
| PAVE | 22 % | 4 | 
| UPHOLSTER | 7 % | 9 | 
| DRAPE | 7 % | 5 | 
| SOD | 4 % | 3 | 
| CLOT | 4 % | 4 | 
| PAYFOR | 4 % | 6 | 
| ALIBI | 4 % | 5 | 
| CEIL | 4 % | 4 | 
| SHEAT | 4 % | 5 | 
| PLATE | 4 % | 5 | 
| COAT | 4 % | 4 | 
Why may ALIBI be the right solution?
The word "alibi" can be used as a cover or excuse to prove that someone was elsewhere at the time a crime was committed.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Cover, in a way
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- creep
- creeps
- lap
- lapped
- masking
- over
- paper
- pave
- swim
- mask
- grow over
- cavin
Crossword Answer definitions
INSURE verb- To make a pledge to (someone); to promise, guarantee (someone of something); to assure.
- To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
- To provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs. Often agreed by policy (contract) to offer financial compensation in case of an accident, theft or other undesirable event.
- To deal in such contracts; subscribe to a policy of insurance
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 INSURE
- Write a policy on
- Provide coverage for
- Cover in stable (6)
- Underwrite
- Guarantee
- Cover, in a way
- Get a policy on
- Patronize Aetna
- Get coverage for
- Make certain
More clues leading to the result PAVE
- Put down macadam
- Put down tar
- Redo the runway
- Finish the road
- Lay down asphalt
- Lay macadam
- Macadamize
- Redo the road
- Setting of precious stones
- Make a lot?
More clues leading to the result UPHOLSTER
- Build a sofa, say
- Stuff, pad, cover, etc.
- Do work with furniture.
- Cover, in a way
- Put a cover on
- Give padding and cover?
More clues leading to the result DRAPE
- Window treatment
- Hang in folds
- Hang
- Spit rhymes (or ... loosely arrange, as a cloth)
- Held up by a rod
- Hang around a window?
- Hang loosely
- Window hanging
- Scene shielder
- Curtain
More clues leading to the result SOD
- "Old" country
- Instant lawn
- Lay down the lawn
- Turf
- Greenskeeper's supply
- Instant grass
- Pre-planted grass
- Put down carpet grass, perhaps
- Grass holder
- Grass section
More clues leading to the result CLOT
- Coagulate
- Congeal
- Stop gushing
- Curdle
- Solidify, in a way
- Blood ___
- Blood hardening
- Jumbled mass
- Lump
- Artery blockage
More clues leading to the result PAYFOR
- Finance
- Buy
- Bankroll
- Buy, as merchandise
- Cover, in a way
- Absorb the cost of
- Endow
- Fund
- Treat
- Treat, at a restaurant
More clues leading to the result ALIBI
- "The dog ate my homework?, e.g.
- Cover story?
- Ike's first name?
- "Her ___" (1988 Selleck / Porizkova movie)
- Cover story
- Defense aid
- Excuse
- Handy excuse
- Legal claim
- Acquittal ploy
More clues leading to the result CEIL
- Provide cover
- Cover an upper surface
- Cover the upper surface (a room)
- Do some plastering
- Work on the top of the room
- Furnish an overhead
- Cover from overhead
- Provide with an upper surface
- Provide an upper surface for
- Cover, as a room
More clues leading to the result SHEAT
More clues leading to the result PLATE
- Blue- ___ special
- Dinnerware item
- Glass or proof leader
- Blue-__ special
- Yogi was behind it
- Spode product
- Word before glass
- It's flanked by the batter's box
- Home at a park
- Stegosaurus feature