The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word HOISTS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2003.
Cranes crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HOISTS | 40 % | 6 |
| HOISTERS | 40 % | 8 |
| DAVITS | 20 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Cranes
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- stretch out
- family gruidae
- frantz
- gallows
- gondolas
- grues
- gruidae
- loaders
- portals
- skulls
- scaffolding
- pontoons
Crossword Answer definitions
HOISTS noun- A hoisting device, such as pulley or crane.
- The act of hoisting; a lift.
- The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly, or horizontal length, when flying from a staff.
- The vertical edge of a flag which is next to the staff.
- The height of a fore-and-aft sail, next the mast or stay.
- To raise; to lift; to elevate (especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, said of a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight).
- To lift a trophy or similar prize into the air in celebration of a victory.
- To lift someone up to be flogged.
- To be lifted up.
- To extract (code) from a loop construct as part of optimization.
- To steal, to rob.
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 HOISTS
- Mechanically raises up
- Picks up
- Gives a leg up
- Raises, as a sail
- Lifts
- Derricks and cranes
- Construction site apparatuses
- Raises
- Wreckers' attachments
- Blocks and tackles