The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word SAD , but the solution may also be BLUE which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Down crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SAD | 41 % | 3 |
| EAT | 20 % | 3 |
| BLUE | 8 % | 4 |
| EIDER | 4 % | 5 |
| GLUM | 4 % | 4 |
| PILE | 3 % | 4 |
| INAFUNK | 3 % | 7 |
| NOTUP | 2 % | 5 |
| DEFEAT | 2 % | 6 |
| FLUFFYFEATHERS | 1 % | 14 |
| FEATHERS | 1 % | 8 |
| FOOTBALLPLAY | 1 % | 12 |
| FEELINGHOPELESS | 1 % | 15 |
| DEPRESSED | 1 % | 9 |
| SWALLOWQUICKLY | 1 % | 14 |
| SINK | 1 % | 4 |
| OFF | 1 % | 3 |
| DANCETHENIGHTAWAY | 1 % | 17 |
| FLUFF | 1 % | 5 |
| EAST | 1 % | 4 |
| FEELINGBLUE | 1 % | 11 |
| AVIANFLUFF | 1 % | 10 |
| ELEVATORBUTTON | 1 % | 14 |
| OUTOFORDER | 1 % | 10 |
| ILL | 1 % | 3 |
| CHUG | 1 % | 4 |
| SOUTHONAMAP | 1 % | 11 |
| BELOW | 1 % | 5 |
| PILLOWSTUFFING | 1 % | 14 |
| DRINKQUICKLY | 1 % | 12 |
| BLAH | 1 % | 4 |
| FALLEN | 1 % | 6 |
| FEELINGSAD | 1 % | 10 |
| MOROSE | 1 % | 6 |
| ABASHED | 1 % | 7 |
| LOW | 1 % | 3 |
Why may OFF be the right solution?
"Down!" is a command to get off or to descend from something, so "OFF" is the correct answer.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Down
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- downwards
- downward
- downbound
- falling
- fallen
- pull down
- downwardly
- declining
- descending
- kill
- set
- cut down
Crossword Answer definitions
SAD verb- To make melancholy; to sadden or grieve (someone).
- (heading) Emotionally negative.
- Sated, having had one's fill; satisfied, weary.
- Steadfast, valiant.
- Dignified, serious, grave.
- Naughty; troublesome; wicked.
- Unfashionable; socially inadequate or undesirable.
- Soggy (to refer to pastries).
- Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard.
- The letter ص in the Arabic script.
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 SAD
More clues leading to the result EAT
- Absorb, as a loss
- "Mangia!"
- Bolt down
- Chow down
- Consume
- Have a nosh
- Lunch
- Scarf down
- Take nourishment
- Dine out
More clues leading to the result BLUE
- "Am I __"
- A primary color
- Dejected
- Like Carl Perkins's suede shoes
- Sad
- Babe's color
- Depressed
- Down in the dumps
- Down
- Like Smurfs
More clues leading to the result EIDER
- Big duck
- Black and white duck
- Down source
- Duck
- Goose down
- You want this duck's down
- Down home?
- You can get down from it?
- Source of soft down
- Winter coat material
More clues leading to the result GLUM
- Down in the dumps
- Grinchy
- Saturnine
- Down at the mouth
- Down in the mouth
- Moody and melancholy
- Not eggsactly eggsuberant
- Dejected
- Morose
- Gravely morose
More clues leading to the result PILE
- Heap
- Huge amount
- Kind of driver
- Compost heap, e.g.
- Rug feature
- Carpet component
- __ driver
- A carpet may have a deep one
- Dirty clothes in a messy room, probably
- Nor'easter accumulation
More clues leading to the result INAFUNK
More clues leading to the result NOTUP
- Still in bed
- Still sleeping
- __ to par (ill)
- Still abed
- Sleeping
- Down
- Still in the sack
- Making z's
- Still in dreamland
- Still in the arms of Morpheus
More clues leading to the result DEFEAT
- Make mincemeat of
- Overcome in battle
- Vanquish
- Shellacking
- Best
- Down
- Vote down in parliament
- Outscore
- Get the better of
- Beat
More clues leading to the result FLUFFYFEATHERS
More clues leading to the result FEATHERS
- Models of lightness
- Darts' parts
- Pillow stuffing
- Down.
- "Chicken today, ___ tomorrow"
- Headdress, maybe
- See 32-Across
- Dart stabilizers
More clues leading to the result FOOTBALLPLAY
More clues leading to the result FEELINGHOPELESS
More clues leading to the result DEPRESSED
More clues leading to the result SWALLOWQUICKLY
More clues leading to the result SINK
- Drop down
- Bathroom basin
- Smell skunky
- Make, as a putt
- Basement fixture, sometimes
- Get sent down to the lower leagues?
- Laundry room fixture
- Site for soap
- Kitchen fixture
- Bathroom fixture
More clues leading to the result OFF
- Not quite on the mark
- Not at work
- "We're ___ to see..."
- On holiday
- Wide of the mark
- Not quite right
- Not at one's best
- "Turn that racket ___!"
- Away
- Deep Woods Sportsman maker
More clues leading to the result DANCETHENIGHTAWAY
More clues leading to the result FLUFF
- Lint
- Adjust the pillows
- Need prompting
- Actor's error
- Boo-boo
- Material of no consequence
- Actor's blunder
- Soft news
- Downy mass
- Onstage blunder
More clues leading to the result EAST
- "__ of Eden"
- Cold War side
- Mah jong seat
- Needle point?
- New York's Upper __ Side
- Part of SEATO
- Right on the map
- Bridge position
- Direction
- Mah Jongg starter
More clues leading to the result FEELINGBLUE
More clues leading to the result AVIANFLUFF
More clues leading to the result ELEVATORBUTTON
More clues leading to the result OUTOFORDER
- Not in working condition
- Busted
- Malfunctioning
- Mixed up
- Unsuitable
- Scrambled
- Down
- Down at the plant
- Kaput
- On the fritz
More clues leading to the result ILL
- "__ Never Smile Again"
- Laid up
- Out of sorts
- Under the weather
- Feeling poorly
- Not healthy
- Not well
- Sick
- Ailing
- Hardly healthy
More clues leading to the result CHUG
- Sound like an engine
- Down quickly
- Engine sound
- Guzzle
- Empty a glass fast
- Drink really quickly
- Big swig
- Drink down
- Big belt
- Gulp without a pause
More clues leading to the result SOUTHONAMAP
More clues leading to the result BELOW
- Downstairs, to Popeye
- In Hades
- To Hades
- In the basement
- Not on deck
- Downstairs
- "Look out __!"
- Inferior to
- Footnote location
- Under
More clues leading to the result PILLOWSTUFFING
More clues leading to the result DRINKQUICKLY
More clues leading to the result BLAH
- Lacking panache
- Mediocre
- Worthless nonsense
- Bor-r-ring
- Ho-hum
- "Yeah, whatever"
- Dull
- Uninspired
- Humdrum
- Boring
More clues leading to the result FALLEN
- Like some angels
- Disgraced
- Conquered
- Cast out of heaven
- Like Jack and Jill, ultimately
- Degraded
- Dethroned
- On the ground.
- "How are the mighty ___ . . . "
- Prostrate.
More clues leading to the result FEELINGSAD
More clues leading to the result MOROSE
More clues leading to the result ABASHED
- Embarrassed
- Put to shame
- Shamed
- Red-faced
- Experiencing chagrin
- Feeling foolish
- Disconcerted
- Made ashamed
- Red
- Hangdog